stich

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

• IPA^(key): /stɪk/
• Homophone: stick

stich (plural stichs)

1. (obsolete) A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse of the Scriptures.
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.

• stich in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• chist, chits, sicht, sitch

stich

1. Imperative singular of stechen.