Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stich \Stich\, n. [Gr. sti`chos a row, line, akin to to go,
   march, E. sty, v.i.]
   1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet.

   2. A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew
      Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical
      books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the
      oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of
      the English Bible.

   3. A row, line, or rank of trees.