sticker

One that sticks, as an adhesive label or patch.

A tenacious, diligent, or persistent person.

A thorn, prickle, or barb.

Something puzzling or bewildering, as a riddle.

One who or that which sticks or stabs; especially, one who kills swine or other animals by sticking or stabbing.

An anglers’ gaff.

A sharp remark or an embarrassing question, intended or adapted to silence or pose a person.

In wood-working, another name for a molding-machine: often described by the work done, as door-sticker, sash-sticker; and also by the number of cutter-heads employed and the work done, as one-aide, two-side, or four-side sticker, meaning that the machine cuts a molding on one, two, or four sides of any piece of wood. The sash-sticker is also adapted to plowing out and boring the groove for the sash-cord, when it is called a sash-sticking and -plowing machine: often called sticking-machine. It is essentially a molding-machine employing cutter-heads in various positions and is used for a great variety of work. See molding-machine, 1.

A needle with a double lance-shaped point, used for pricking the skin to secure a drop of blood for examination.

In cricket, a batsman who plays entirely on the defensive; a ‘stone-waller.’