stickled
/S T IH1 K AH0 L D/- 1
To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
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(intransitive, obsolete) To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
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(now rare) To argue or struggle for.
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(obsolete) To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
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(transitive, obsolete) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
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(intransitive, obsolete) To separate combatants by intervening.
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(transitive, obsolete) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
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A shallow rapid in a river.
- 2
The current below a waterfall.
- 3
A sharp point; prickle; a spine
- 4
A surname.
- 1
(UK, dialect) High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.
- 2
Steep; high; inaccessible.
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