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Definition of Sticking
1. Adjective. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary. "A pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
Similar to: Protrusive
Definition of Sticking
1. Verb. (present participle of stick) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sticking
1. stick [v] - See also: stick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticking
Literary usage of Sticking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"REMARKS AND DEMONSTRATIONS CONCERNING sticking-PLASTERS, AS ILLUSTRATING THE
IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE ATTENTION TO THE MOST MINUTE DETAILS OF ..."
2. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1896)
"with me, — or at least two of them, — sticking them in my goatskin belt. I also
furbished up one of the great cutlasses that I had out of the ship, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"tf THE sticking PLACE!" Macbeth . . . L-BD SL-SB-ET. Lady Macbeth ... "A M-RK-NG
PPB." LADT MACBETH. '"INFIRM OF PURPOSE I GIVE ME THE DAGGERS! ..."
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... and with needles sticking in them (as an emblem of jealousy), and so pacified
his suspicious father, after some speeches and protestations, ..."
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