Mahl-stick
(n.) See Maul-stick. |
Maul-stick
(n.) A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working. |
Pig-sticking
(n.) Boar hunting |
Poking-stick
(n.) A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. |
Remained
(imp. & p. p.) of Remain |
Remaining
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remain |
Remain
(v. i.) To stay behind while others withdraw |
Remain
(v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity |
Remain
(v. t.) To await |
Remain
(n.) State of remaining |
Remain
(n.) That which is left |
Remain
(n.) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone |
Remain
(n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead |
Stay
(n.) A large, strong rope, employed to support a mast, by being extended from the head of one mast down to some other, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays |
Stayed
(imp. & p. p.) of Stay |
Staying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stay |
Stay
(v. i.) To stop from motion or falling |
Stay
(v. i.) To support from sinking |
Stay
(v. i.) To bear up under |
Stay
(v. i.) To hold from proceeding |
Stay
(v. i.) To hinde/ |
Stay
(v. i.) To remain for the purpose of |
Stay
(v. i.) To cause to cease |
Stay
(v. i.) To fasten or secure with stays |
Stay
(v. i.) To tack, as a vessel, so that the other side of the vessel shall be presented to the wind. |
Stay
(v. i.) To remain |
Stay
(v. i.) To continue in a state. |
Stay
(v. i.) To wait |
Stay
(v. i.) To dwell |
Stay
(v. i.) To rest |
Stay
(v. i.) To come to an end |
Stay
(v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest |
Stay
(v. i.) To change tack |
Stay
(n.) That which serves as a prop |
Stay
(n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men. |
Stay
(n.) Continuance in a place |
Stay
(n.) Cessation of motion or progression |
Stay
(n.) Hindrance |
Stay
(n.) Restraint of passion |
Stay
(n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them. |
Stayed
(a.) Staid |
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 |
Stuck
(imp. & p. p.) of Stick |
Sticking
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stick |
Stick
(n.) To penetrate with a pointed instrument |
| stay | continuing or remaining in a place or state, they had a nice stay in Paris, a lengthy hospital stay, a four-month stay in bankruptcy court |
| 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 |
corset
girdle
stays | a woman's close-fitting foundation garment |
cue
cue stick
pool cue
pool stick | sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
| hockey stick | sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck |
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 |
plaster
adhesive plaster
sticking plaster | adhesive tape used in dressing wounds |
| 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 |
| stay | (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar |
| stay | a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset) |
| 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 |
stamina
staying power
toughness | enduring strength and energy |
pin
peg
stick | informal terms for the leg, fever left him weak on his sticks |
| sticking point | a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal |
| stay | a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted, the Supreme Court has the power to stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court |
| stay of execution | an order whereby a judgment is precluded from being executed for a specific period of time |
| 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 |
plodder
slowpoke
stick-in-the-mud
slowcoach | someone who moves slowly, in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
stay-at-home
homebody | a person who seldom goes anywhere, one not given to wandering or travel |
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 |
arrest
check
halt
hitch
stay
stop
stoppage | the state of inactivity following an interruption, the negotiations were in arrest, held them in check, during the halt he got some lunch, the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow, he spent the entire stop in his seat |
| stick lac | lac in its natural state as scraped off twigs and dried |
| joss stick | a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese |