stuck

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast. [1913 Webster]

And sticked him with bodkins anon.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

It was a shame . . . to stick him under the other gentleman's arm while he was redding the fray.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]

2.To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger. [1913 Webster]

Thou stickest a dagger in me.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve. [1913 Webster]

My shroud of white, stuck all with yew.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

The points of spears are stuck within the shield.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

4.To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth. [1913 Webster]

5.To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards. [1913 Webster]

6.To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork. [1913 Webster]

7.To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner. [1913 Webster]

8.(Print.) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type. [Cant] [1913 Webster]

9.(Joinery) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck. [1913 Webster]

10.To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

11.To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat. [Slang] [1913 Webster]

To stick out, to cause to project or protrude; to render prominent. [1913 Webster]