Stickle

·vi To separate combatants by intervening.

II. Stickle ·vt To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.

III. Stickle ·vt To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.

IV. Stickle ·vt & ·vi A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.

V. Stickle ·vi To contend, contest, or altercate, ·esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

VI. Stickle ·vi To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to Trim.