stich

See also: Stich, štich, and Štich

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “line, row, verse”). Akin to στείχω (steíkhō, “I go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk
• Homophone: stick

Noun

stich (plural stichs)

1. (obsolete) A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse of Scripture.
2. A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the Hebrew Bible and in early Germanic heroic verse such as Beowulf, where the line is composed of two (occasionally three) such parts.
3. (obsolete) A row, line, or rank of trees.

Etymology 2

Noun

stich (plural stiches)

1. Obsolete form of stitch.
2. Misspelling of stitch.

Verb

stich (third-person singular simple present stiches, present participle stiching, simple past and past participle stiched)

1. Obsolete form of stitch.
2. Misspelling of stitch.

References

• “stich”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Tisch, chist, chits, sicht, sitch, stchi

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

stich

1. singular imperative of stechen

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠tix/

Verb

stich

1. second-person singular present imperative of stëchen

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• Stich (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stīgaz. Cognate with German Steig. For the Mooring plural form compare twich.

Noun

stich m (plural (Föhr-Amrum) stiiger or (Mooring) steege) (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring)

1. path, lane, alley (small way)
2. road (way of any size outside a settlement)