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Webster 1913 Edition


Sticking

Stick′ing

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
from
Stick
,
Verb.
Sticking piece
,
a piece of beef cut from the neck.
[Eng.]
–
Sticking place
,
the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point.

But screw your courage to the
sticking place
,
And we’ll not fail.
Shakespeare
–
Sticking plaster
,
an adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and for similar uses.
–
Sticking point
.
Same as
Sticking place
, above.