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An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the…

The meadow pipit. [Prov. Eng].

A stick used in playing the game of trapball; hence, fig., a slender leg. Addison.

A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.

To release, as one thing stuck to another. Richardson.

Same as Water mite.

Whip handle; whipstock.

Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes…

A stick three feet, or a yard, in length, used as a measure of cloth, etc.

One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.

The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

les, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent. -- Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus). -- Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

Sticking; clinging; adhering. Pope.

The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.

The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket one into a playhouse.

ar or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.

A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.