stickle¹ /stikˈl/

1. To be scrupulous or obstinately punctilious
2. To regulate a contest (obsolete)
3. To mediate (obsolete)
4. To interpose (obsolete)
5. To contend, stand up (with for)

1. To scruple
2. To compose (obsolete)
3. To stop contention between (obsolete)
4. To contend (obsolete)

stickˈler noun

1. A punctilious and pertinacious insister or contender, esp for something trifling
2. A regulator or umpire, a mediator (obsolete except dialect)
3. A second (obsolete)
4. A backer (obsolete)

stickˈler-like adjective or adverb (Shakespeare)

stickle² /stikˈl/ (SW Eng dialect)

1. Steep
2. Rapid

A rapid

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