Shak.
The trembling weapon passed Through nine bull hides, . . . and
stuck within the last.
Dryden.
4. To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by
scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
They will stick long at part of a demonstration for want of
perceiving the connection of two ideas.
Locke.
Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney forged a will.
Arbuthnot.