stich

¹ American  

[stik] / stɪk /

noun

plural

stichs

1. a verse or line of poetry.

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stich ² American  

[stik] / stɪk /

noun

Cards.

plural

stichs

1. the last trick, being of special scoring value in certain games, as pinochle or klaberjass.

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stich British  

/ stɪk /

noun

1. a line of poetry; verse

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Other Word Forms

• stichic adjective
• stichically adverb

Etymology

Origin of stich¹

First recorded in 1715–25, stich is from the Greek word stíchos row, line, verse

Origin of stich²

< German: literally, sting; Old High German stih prick; stitch

Example Sentences

And he proceeded to stich the various flaps he’d created back together.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2015

You can stich the company together by information technology.

From Forbes • Oct. 26, 2014

I took him so quick that he wasn't prepared for me, and I give a sort of a hem stich and down he went, right in the middle of the road.

From The Jucklins A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

I cry all day and night, and sorrow stich I do for either the mistress or the young ladies, and maybe at last they 'll see 't is best to send me home.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

But, methinks, I do itch to go thro' stich The needle-beard to amend, Which, without any wrong, I may call too long, For man can see no end.

From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by Andrews, William