A sharp point; prickle; a spine

steep; high; inaccessible / (UK, dialect) high, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid

(UK, dialect) A shallow rapid in a river. / (UK, dialect) The current below a waterfall.

(obsolete) To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate. / (now rare) To argue or struggle for. / To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stickle

simple past tense and past participle of stickle

plural of Stickle

A surname.

present participle of stickle

Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct nests from weeds.