Dictionary entry

Sticking

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stick″ing, a. & n. from Stick, v.

Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut from the neck. — Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point.

But screw your courage to the sticking place,

And we'll not fail. Shak.

Sticking plaster, an adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and for similar uses. — Sticking point. Same as Sticking place, above.