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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Stek, Stick, n. [17th c. Eng. sticke (1633), stick (1657); Stek(e v.2]
1. A stopping or closing (of a door).1513 Doug. Comm. i v 113.
Off the stek and of closyng of the tempill of Janus in tym of weyr and of pace, ȝe haf in the vii buyk in the x c.
2. fig. A sticking or sticking-point in proceedings; a (temporary) stoppage; a hitch; a hesitation.1646 Baillie II 348.
This mistrust will be a grief and a stick, bot hardly a … finall stoppe 1647 Baillie Anabaptism (1647) 139.
But the greatest stick is upon the antecedent, baptismes succession to circumcision a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 235.
This will be no little stick to a tender mind, at once to condemn the religion and practice of such a cloud of witnesses a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 299.
The question often is not amongst them, Whether others should be brought to their opinion or not? I mean, as to the stick of the division a1658 Durham Scandal (1740) 307.
And indeed, often the stick is here, that mens affections are not satisfied one with another, and that maketh them that they do not trust each other
