sticklac (stiklak)

See lac2, 1. stickle1 (stik'l), n. [ When they came thither, the riuer of the Shenin, which inuironeth and runneth round about the citie, they found the same to be so deepe and stikle that they could not pa e ouer the same. Giraldus Cam brens is, Cong. of Ireland, [p. 37 (Holinshed's Chron., І.). II. n. 1. A shallow in a river where the water, being confined, runs with violence. Patient anglers standing all the day Neare to some shallow stickle or deepe bay. W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 4. nor stone standing. Compare stock and block, under stock1. And this it was she swore, never to marry But such a one whose mighty arm could carry Her bodily away through stick and stone . Beau, and Fl ., Knight of Burning Pestle, ii. 1. To beat all to sticks, to outdo completely. [Colloq., Eng.] Many ladies in Strasburg were beautiful, still They were beat all to sticks by the lovely Odille. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 239. To cut one's stick. See cut. - To go to sticks and staves, to go to pieces; fall into ruin: in allusion to a tub with broken hoops. She married a Highland drover or tacksman, I can't tell which, and they went all to sticks and staves. Mi Ferrier , Inheritance, I. 95. (Jamie son.) =Syn. 2. See staff .