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stické|ˈstɪkiː|
[From the ending of sphairisticke (a. Gr. σϕαιριστική art of ball-play), the name given in 1874 to the game which afterwards developed into lawn tennis.]
A game combining some of the features of lawn tennis and rackets; also attrib., as stické court, stické player.
1903Windsor Mag. Sept. 381 The Game of Stické: its Evolution and Progress. Ibid. 382 There is a Stické-court in Halifax, N.S... Prior to the year 1891 only three Stické-courts were in existence in the United Kingdom. 1910Sir D. O'Callaghan in Times 14 Apr. 20/4 The Game of Stické. Sir,—Now that a ‘stické’ court has been duly inaugurated at the Queen's Club, it may interest [etc.]. |