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Stickle v. t.

To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants. (Obs.) "Which (question) violently they pursue, Nor stickled would they be."

To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate. (Obs.) "They ran to him, and, pulling him back by force, stickled that unnatural fray."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Stickle" Quotes from Famous Books

... woman that he is down and out financially and dare not ask her to marry him, do you think there is an end of it, dear reader? Do you think a Silenus would hesitate and stickle and scruple over a point of honor; though some of us have seen Silenus blunder into a paradise which he promptly transformed into a sty? And do you think the descendant of the Man of the Iron Hand thought anything less of her ...

— The Freebooters of the Wilderness • Agnes C. Laut

... in the measure of his ruthlessness in devising crimes and giving his portraits of devils an extra touch of black. Mercy is not his strong point, however he may abound in justice; and he will not stickle at piling up the agony, if thereby he provides opportunity for enhancing the picturesqueness and completeness ...

— Stories by Modern American Authors • Julian Hawthorne

Words linked to "Stickle" : contend, stickler, debate, argue