Sekirov Dictionary

stickle

/ˈstɪk(ə)l/

verb7

  1. To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
  2. (no longer used) To argue or struggle for.
  3. (no longer used) To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
  4. (no longer used) To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
  5. (no longer used) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
  6. (no longer used) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
  7. (no longer used) To separate combatants by intervening.

adjective2

  1. Steep; high; inaccessible.
  2. (dialect, UK) High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.

noun3

  1. (dialect, UK) A shallow rapid in a river.
  2. (dialect, UK) The current below a waterfall.
  3. A sharp point; prickle; a spine
forms

stickled · stickling · stickles · more stickle · most stickle

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