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tion, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster.

A poking-stick. Decker.

A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5 Bacon. Pole bean (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean. -- Pole flounder (Zoöl.), a large deep-water flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and m…

A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds.

led a hundred votes more than his opponent. And poll for points of faith his trusty vote. Tickell.

A stick for stirring a tan vat.

Artful; deceitful; skillful. [Obs.] "Cunning sleights and practick knavery." Spenser.

The stickleback.

with letters or figures on its periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel.

Proof staff, a straight-edge used by millers to test the flatness of a stone. -- Proof stick (Sugar Manuf.), a rod in the side of a vacuum pan, for testing the consistency of the sirup. -- Proof text, a passage of Scripture used to prove a doctrine. proof coin or proof, a coin which has been specially struck, to pro…

"The ticket or list of candidates at elections, presented to the people for their votes." [Rhode Island] Bartlett.

To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.

on of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.

ine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions. "Pure religion and impartial laws." Tickell. "The pure, fine talk of Rome." Ascham. Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. Macaulay.

els whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the receipt of freight, tickets, etc.

Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish. " A queasy question." Shak. Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms. Cowper.

A rod or stick used by masons in mixing hair with mortar.

, a lashing or binding where the rope is tightened, and held tight by the use of a small stick of wood twisted around. -- Rack rail (Railroads), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain. -- Rack saw, a saw ha…

A long, flexible stick, rod, or branch, which is interwoven with others, between upright posts or stakes, in making a kind of hedge or fence.

gh some are African and Australian. They are exceedingly tough, and are used for walking sticks, wickerwork, chairs and seats of chairs, cords and cordage, and many other purposes.