1525 W. Warham Let. 5 Apr. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 371 In caas they finde any maner of sticking or difficultie in thayme, not to wade verey far to persuade thayme.

1528 S. Gardiner in N. Pocock Rec. Reformation (1870) I. l. 104 To the intent we might the better discipher the very lett and sticking.

1578 T. P. Of Knowl. Warres 19 The Souldiour..must be tractable, and obedient to the commaundement of his Captayne, and that without styckinge.

1609 J. Donne Let. in Poems (1633) 364 And as to that life, all stickings and hesitations seeme stupid and stony, so to this [etc.].

a1658 J. Durham Unsearchable Riches Christ (1685) 175 What heart can we have to go about [th]is service amongst you, if yet there be a sticking.

1725 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 201 My landlord is reflected on for sticking; and I believe, if he had not been ill treated and fretted, all had been easy.

1564 T. Harding Answere to Iuelles Chalenge xii. f. 140 Let the Masse be celebrated againe..without casting perill, without sticking, staggaring, or doubting.

1570 T. Wilson in tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations Pref. sig. **^v That such as bee not learned, may the rather go thorow with the reading of these Orations, without any sticking at all.

a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) xii. 510 My matter coming to me as I wrote..: if at any time I walked, it was occasioned by my sticking.

1873 R. A. Fitzgerald Wickets in West 291 There is no sticking, no monotonous change of overs.

1898 Harmsworth Monthly Pict. Mag. Sept. 325/2 Harry Randall made a brave show of sticking, but the odds were overwhelming.

1901 R. H. Lyttelton Out-door Games vi. 122 If the wicket is to be enlarged I should prefer it in this form, though ‘sticking’ would be even greater than it is now.

1852 Sydney Morning Herald 23 Sept. Outrages are so common that there is no inducement to enlarge upon them... Simple ‘sticking up’ in the street is no longer a novelty.

1855 Argus (Melbourne) 18 Jan. 5/4 [Witness] said he was coming from Richmond on the night of the robbery, and saw a sticking-up case.

1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker I. 28 The sticking-up of the Goondi coach.

1905 Victoria (Austral.) Parl. Deb. 107 945/1 The very frequent references in the newspapers to the undetected robberies, housebreakings, burglaries, sticking-ups, and so on.

1964 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 7 Dec. 8/1 Accused of robbery..arising out of the sticking up of several men in the Ellenville office of a taxi company.

1869 J. P. Morris Gloss. Words & Phrases Furness Stickin'-bit, the neck-end of mutton.

1984 C. Kightly Country Voices iii. 79 The sticking bit as they used to call it: that was the bit in the throat where they stuck the pig, and it always looked a bit bloody.

1875 J. Lukin Carpentry & Joinery 6 Sticking boards used in planing up sash bars.

1908 G. Ellis Mod. Pract. Joinery (ed. 3) iii. 40 The Sticking Board..will be found of service in hand shops for the purpose of rebating and moulding sash bars.

2010 J. Tolpin New Trad. Woodworker i. 26 A sticking board supports long narrow boards so that their long edges are held up off the bench.

1881 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts III. 1148 This is usually a different mixture from the bulk of the proofing, and is called a ‘sticking-coat’, its object being to secure adhesion between the fabric and rubber.

1919 Aviation & Aeronaut. Engin. 15 Aug. 76/2 The inner or gas side of the fabric is coated with from one-half to one ounce of pure rubber, which helps to keep the cloth fungus and moisture-proof, reduces diffusion, and makes a good sticking coat for successful taping.

1949 Tappi May 214/2 Application of a heavy sizing coat and a lighter sticking coat permits escape of more solvent while the lap is open and solvent vapors do not have to escape through the leather.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 87/2 The Sticking Draught, is a part of the Breast [of a cow or ox] when it is cut long-ways, over cross the bones: having part of the Neck, at The Ribs.

1495–6 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. cccxciv iij stekyngknyff [z] e.

1516–17 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 106 Stekyngknyff.

1687 J. Phillips tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote i. iv. 164 Scoring several pretended Debts of Thievery and Neglicence upon the Boy's Back..so deep, that you might ha' bury'd the Handle of a Butchers sticking-knife in every one of the bloody Furrows.

1882 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 21 Feb. 11/5 Each native also has his sticking knife, skinning knife and whetsone.

1981 P. H. Capstick Death in Silent Places vii. 244 The blade being an ordinary butcher-type ‘sticking’ knife.

2015 D. S. Collins & R. J. Huey Gracey's Meat Hygiene (ed. 11) xii. 275/2 The sticking knife undoubtedly contributes bacteria to the bloodstream.

1844 Rep. Commissioner Patents 1843 254 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (28th Congr., 1st Sess.: Senate Doc. 150) III The pins, in large quantities, are put in a hopper, and are delivered with the points all in the same direction, ready for the sticking machine.

1855 Buffalo (N.Y.) Business Directory 1 144 (advt.) Sticking Machine. This machine is used for sticking sashes, mouldings and doors, planing blind slats, and a great variety of other planing.

1909 Hawkins' Mech. Dict. Sticking Machine, a woodworking machine, forming straight mouldings by means of rotary cutters.

1920 Amer. Gas Engin. Jrnl. 19 June 488/2 The pins are now ready to be stuck on papers, and are placed in a vibrating hopper which slopes slightly toward the sticking machine.

2006 W. H. Hylton Woodworking with Router (rev. ed.) 153/1 If you're a ‘time is money’ person, sub out the molding production to a millwork shop that has a sticking machine.

1846 Leeds Mercury 12 Sept. 6/1 Crops of the same Quality, after Six Ribs are taken off, without Bone and Sticking-part.

1881 Daily News 3 Sept. 2/5 My father had in three fore-quarters of beef. When the officer came in I was trimming up the sticking parts.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) at Borh, Bor Let's go a sticking in the ‘Squire's plantations’.

1870 W. C. Hazlitt Brand's Pop. Antiq. Great Brit. (rev. ed.) I. 126 In parts of Huntingdonshire, the poor people go ‘sticking’, or gathering sticks for fuel in Warboy's Wood on May Day.

1975 E. Malpass House of Women vii. 88 She..went sticking for firewood after the October gales.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 292/2 Stickin', collecting firewood.

1877 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) at Stacking Deals..have to be placed in a yard with due regard to the means of drying..; the top end resting against a rack (called sticking), the other end on the ground.

1888 Carpentry & Building Dec. 263/3 One point more in the sticking of lumber in which there are sappy boards.

1916 Wood-worker June 30/2 Lumber that is warped and twisted in the pile through poor sticking, should be piled up in straight, solid piles for a while before using.

1965 W. H. Brown Introd. to Seasoning of Timber v. 71 The time spent on sticking is usually considered to be uneconomic.

1999 Forestry & Brit. Timber (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. 30 Chestnut or pine are used for sticking, not oak, as the latter causes staining of the timbers.

1829 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 1 No. 5. 601 The bind-weed, sticking-grass, vetch, and the yellow flowering trailing plant, interlace the branches of the thorns, and are exceedingly difficult to eradicate.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 942 The seed of the sticking-grass, or cleavers, Galium aparine, is naturally so hard, that even after having undergone the process of boiling,..still retains its hardness.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ iii. xxvii. 471 Dropax, is a sticking Medicine, so called from Pitch, used with other sticking ingredients.

1717 H. Banyer tr. J. Van Horne Micro-techne ii. 155 It requires a straiter Bandage, and the Use of more powerful sticking Medicines.

1708 Inventory 10 May in J. A. Johnston Probate Inventories Lincoln Citizens 1661–1714 (1991) 133 Cullered Sewing and Sticking Silke..8s per lb.

1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iii. 76 Having found the wound, she put a small bit of black sticking silk to the orifice.

1877 Once a Week 7 Apr. 62/1 He had cut himself in shaving, and..of course found that the little book devoted to black sticking-silk which occupied a corner of his dressing-case was quite empty.