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▪ I. † ˈstitchel1 Obs.
Also 7 stichel, 9 dial. stichal(l, stetchel, -il.
[Etymology unknown; perh. the same word as next.]
A term of reproach applied to (a) a grown-up person, (b) a child.
1659Lady Alimony v. iii. I 4 b, Barren Stichel! that shall not serve thy turn. 18..MS. Gloss. Lincs. in Halliwell s.v. Stichall, This term, which in some places has Bub prefixed to it, appears to be a word of reproach, used to children principally by their parents.., e.g. ‘Get out of the way, you bub-stichal’; and, ‘what a young stichall he must be to bring such a message!’ 1866J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 196 Stetchel, stitchel, a troublesome child.
▪ II. ˈstitchel2 local. ? Obs.
[Of obscure etymology. Cf. stickle a. 4 and Fris. stikelich hier, stikelhierrich adj.]
A kind of hairy wool. Also stitchel hair. Also stitchy (? adj.), in comb. stitchy-haired adj.
1775Essays Agric. 342 Stitchel hair (in France Jarre) is a kind of short opaque white-like hair that grows up among the fleeces of some kinds of sheep. 1828–32Webster, Stitchel, a kind of hairy wool. (Local.) 1839Compl. Grazier iv. iii. (1846) 215 The pelt, or coat [of the sheep], should always be attentively examined, in order to ascertain whether it is not stitchy-haired. |