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In some senses, stickle is marked as obsolete, archaic, UK, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
stickle
/ˈstɪk(ə)l/
verb 5noun 3adj 2name 1
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3ADJ.
afraid, over
STICKLE + NOUN
vehicle
PREP.
about
Definitions
noun
1
A sharp point; prickle; a spine
adj
1
Steep; high; inaccessible.
2
High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.
noun
1
A shallow rapid in a river.
He swam through the plying poles of the stickle, and ran over the shallow, reaching safe water before the pack came down. He was young and fast and strong.
2
The current below a waterfall.
[P]atient Anglers ſtanding all the day / Neere to ſome ſhallovv ſtickle or deepe bay.
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He swam through the plying poles of the stickle, and ran over the shallow, reaching safe water before the pack came down. He was young and fast and strong.
Wiktionary02
[P]atient Anglers ſtanding all the day / Neere to ſome ſhallovv ſtickle or deepe bay.
Wiktionary03
‘She has other people than poor little you to think about, and has gone abroad with them; so you needn’t be in the least afraid she’ll stickle this time for her rights.’
Wiktionary04
Miserable new Berline! Why could not Royalty go in some old Berline similar to that of other men? Flying for life, one does not stickle about his vehicle.
Wiktionary05
Which [question] violently they pursue, / Nor stickled would they be.
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