Mahl-stick (n.) See Maul-stick. |
Maul-stick (n.) A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. |
Pick (v.) To throw |
Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak |
Pick (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points |
Pick (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire. |
Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers |
Pick (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth |
Pick (v.) To choose |
Pick (v.) To take up |
Pick (v.) To trim. |
Pick (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels |
Pick (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things |
Pick (v. i.) To steal |
Pick (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking |
Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc. |
Pick (n.) A pike or spike |
Pick (n.) Choice |
Pick (n.) That which would be picked or chosen first |
Pick (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. |
Pick (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. |
Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute |
Pick-fault (n.) One who seeks out faults. |
Poking-stick (n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. |
Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub |
Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools |
Stick (v. t.) Anything shaped like a stick |
Stick (v. t.) A derogatory expression for a person |
Stick (v. t.) A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used. |
Stick (v. t.) A thrust with a pointed instrument |
Stick (n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument |
Stick (n.) To cause to penetrate |
Stick (n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in |
Stick (n.) To set |
Stick (n.) To set with something pointed |
Stick (n.) To fix on a pointed instrument |
Stick (n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface |
Stick (n.) To compose |
Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. |
Stick (n.) To cause to stick |
Stick (n.) To impose upon |
Stick (v. i.) To adhere |
Stick (v. i.) To remain where placed |
Stick (v. i.) To be prevented from going farther |
Stick (v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled |
Stick (v. i.) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation. |
Stick-lac (n.) See the Note under Lac. |
Stick-seed (n.) A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutlets. |
Stick-tight (n.) Beggar's ticks. |
choice selection option pick | the act of choosing or selecting, your choice of colors was unfortunate, you can take your pick |
pick | a basketball maneuver, obstructing an opponent with one's body, he was called for setting an illegal pick |
pick-off | a baseball play in which a base runner is caught off base and tagged out |
stick | threat of a penalty, the policy so far is all stick and no carrot |
walking stick walkingstick stick insect | any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies |
B-flat clarinet licorice stick | the ordinary clarinet with a middle range |
boomerang throwing stick throw stick | a curved piece of wood, when properly thrown will return to thrower |
bracer pick-me-up | a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) |
cue cue stick pool cue pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
guitar pick | a plectrum used to pluck a guitar |
hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck |
icepick ice pick | pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point, used for breaking up blocks of ice |
joint marijuana cigarette reefer stick spliff | marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking |
measuring stick measure measuring rod | measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals, used as a reference in making measurements |
pick pickax pickaxe | a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends, they used picks and sledges to break the rocks |
pick | a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material, he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks |
pick plectrum plectron | a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument |
pickup pick-me-up | anything with restorative powers, she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her |
pogo stick | plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring, propelled by jumping |
polo mallet polo stick | a mallet used to strike the ball in polo |
rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
shooting stick | device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat |
singlestick fencing stick backsword | a stick used instead of a sword for fencing |
size stick | a mechanical measuring stick used by shoe fitters to measure the length and width of your foot |
standard transmission stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
stick | an implement consisting of a length of wood, he collected dry sticks for a campfire, the kid had a candied apple on a stick |
stick | a long thin implement resembling a length of wood, cinnamon sticks, a stick of dynamite |
stick control stick joystick | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane |
stick | a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball |
stick figure | drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines |
stick horse | a child's plaything consisting on an imitation horse's head on one end of a stick |
swagger stick | a short cane or stick covered with leather and carried by army officers |
swizzle stick | a small stick used to stir mixed drinks |
sword cane sword stick | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
throwing stick throwing board spear thrower dart thrower | a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear |
walking stick | a stick carried in the hand for support in walking |
woof weft filling pick | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving |
pin peg stick | informal terms for the leg, fever left him weak on his sticks |
choice pick selection | the person or thing chosen or selected, he was my pick for mayor |
big stick | a display of force or power, speak softly but carry a big stick |
fish stick fish finger | a long fillet of fish breaded and fried |
breadstick bread-stick | a crisp stick-shaped roll, often served with soup |
celery stick | celery stalks cut into small sticks |
carrot stick | a stick of carrot eaten raw |
stick cinnamon | dried rolled strips of cinnamon bark |
stick | a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine |
cream pick | the best people or things in a group, the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War |
plodder slowpoke stick-in-the-mud slowcoach | someone who moves slowly, in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
American angelica tree devil's walking stick Hercules'lub Aralia spinosa | small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States |
stick | a small thin branch of a tree |