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English Dictionary: Sticked by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stick \Stick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stuck}(Obs. {Sticked}); p.
      pr. & vb. n. {Sticking}.] [OE. stikien, v.t. & i., combined
      with steken, whence E. stuck), AS. stician, v.t. & i., and
      (assumed) stecan, v.t.; akin to OFries. steka, OS. stekan,
      OHG. stehhan, G. stechen, and to Gr. [?] to prick, Skr. tij
      to be sharp. Cf. {Distinguish}, {Etiquette}, {Extinct},
      {Instigate}, {Instinct}, {Prestige}, {Stake}, {Steak},
      {Stick}, n., {Stigma}, {Stimulate}, {Sting}, {Stitch} in
      sewing, {Style} for or in writing.]
      1. To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to
            stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
  
                     And sticked him with bodkins anon.      --Chaucer.
  
                     It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other
                     gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray. --Sir
                                                                              W. Scott.
  
      2. To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to
            pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
  
                     Thou stickest a dagger in me.            --Shak.
  
      3. To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in;
            hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as
            by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
  
                     My shroud of white, stuck all with yew. --Shak.
  
                     The points of spears are stuck within the shield.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      4. To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
  
      5. To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
  
      6. To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an
            apple on a fork.
  
      7. To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to
            stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also,
            to attach in any manner.
  
      8. (Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing
            stick; as, to stick type. [Cant]
  
      9. (Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in
            contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings
            are said to be stuck.
  
      10. To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to
            puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.]
  
      11. To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
            [Slang]
  
      {To stick out}, to cause to project or protrude; to render
            prominent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sticked \Stick"ed\, obs. imp. of {Stick}.
      Stuck.
  
               And in the sand her ship sticked so fast. --Chaucer.
  
               They sticked not to give their bodies to be burnt.
                                                                              --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
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