n. One who or that which sticks or stabs; especially, one who kills swine or other animals by sticking or stabbing.n. An anglers' gaff.n. A sharp remark or an embarrassing question, intended or adapted to silence or pose a person.n. One who adheres, clings, or sticks to anything.n. One who sticks, or causes to adhere, as by pasting.n. Same as paster, 2.n. An article of merchandise which sticks by the dealer and does not meet with a ready sale.n. In organ-building, a wooden rod serving to transmit motion between the ends of two reciprocating levers.n. plural The arms of a crank-axis employed to change the plane and direction of a reciprocating motion.n. 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.n. A needle with a double lance-shaped point, used for pricking the skin to secure a drop of blood for examination.n. In cricket, a batsman who plays entirely on the defensive; a ‘stone-waller.’