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Meaning of 'stickle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stickle [ v. i.]
- To separate combatants by intervening.
- To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
- To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
2 . Stickle [ v. t.]
- To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
- To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.
3 . Stickle [ v. t. & i.]
- A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.

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stiacciato stian stibborn stibial stibialism stibiated stibic stibiconite stibine stibious

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