Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stick \Stick\, v. i.
   1. To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to
      the wall.

            The green caterpillar breedeth in the inward parts
            of roses not blown, where the dew sticketh. --Bacon.

   2. To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any
      position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to
      abide; to cleave; to be united closely.

            A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
                                                  --Prov. xviii.
                                                  24.

            I am a kind of bur; I shall stick.    --Shak.

            If on your fame our sex a bolt has thrown, 'T will
            ever stick through malice of your own. --Young.

   3. To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of
      some obstacle; to be stayed.

            I had most need of blessing, and ``Amen'' Stuck in
            my throat.                            --Shak.

            The trembling weapon passed Through nine bull hides,
            . . . and stuck within the last.      --Dryden.

   4. To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred,
      as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.

            They will stick long at part of a demonstration for
            want of perceiving the connection of two ideas.
                                                  --Locke.

            Some stick not to say, that the parson and attorney
            forged a will.                        --Arbuthnot.

   5. To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.

            This is the difficulty that sticks with the most
            reasonable.                           --Swift.

   {To stick by}.
      (a) To adhere closely to; to be firm in supporting. ``We
          are your only friends; stick by us, and we will stick
          by you.'' --Davenant.
      (b) To be troublesome by adhering. ``I am satisfied to
          trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.''
          --Pope.

   {To stick out}.
      (a) To project; to be prominent. ``His bones that were not
          seen stick out.'' --Job xxxiii. 21.
      (b) To persevere in a purpose; to hold out; as, the
          garrison stuck out until relieved. [Colloq.]