Middle English Dictionary Entry
stiking(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | stiking(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The action of piercing or stabbing, or an instance of it; the act of killing by stabbing; ~ instrumentes, weapons for stabbing or piercing; (b) surg. ?the opening of a vein for the purpose of bloodletting; (c) a stroke of a sword; (d) a wound or scar caused by piercing; also [1st quot.], a wound caused by the biting of a snake; -- ?error for stinging(e ger. 1.(b).
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)475 : Stykynge in [KC: of] beestes [Win: Stykyng, or beestys sleynge]: Jugulacio.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2623 : Þare was stomling of stedis, sticking of erles, [etc.].
- a1500 Let.Alex.(Wor F.172)204 : In our handis we hadden long battis, staves, and speris; Of the weren insette with the most sharpest prikes and stikynge instrumentis [L spiculis].
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)58/16 : Ȝef þe wonde be dep y-smete with stykyng with knyf oþer of suerd..wynd hyre al a-boute with a smal flexin clout.
b
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)359/24 : The xiiij co. is of vngribus and stykynge in handis and feet.
c
- a1425 He ete brede (Harv Eng.1032)360.1r/11 : At a styking of his swerd Fra þe croune he clefe þam in to þe erth.
d
- ?a1450 Macer (Sln 2269)67 : Stikyngges [vr. styngges; Stockh: Garlyk is hote and drye..ointe þer-with þe sore place, and it wole hele bitinges and stynginges of snakes and neddres].
- (c1456) Pecock Faith (Trin-C B.14.45)153 : But if y schal se in the hondis of Crist the stiking of the nailis and y schal putte my finger into the place of the nailis..y schal not bileeve.
2.
The act of dwelling upon a point in discourse, insistence.
Associated quotations
- (1430) Proc.Privy C.4.27 : Þe which somme yf þei may not after effectuel stykyng þerupon gete al, gete þerof in hande asmoche as þei can.
3.
(a) The act of fastening or affixing; (b) a gathering or tucking up of garments; (c) the act of placing, setting.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)475 : Stykynge, or festynge to: Confixio, fixura.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)475 : Stykkynge, or tukkynge vp of clothys: Suffarcinatio.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.954 : Soothly a whit wal, al though it ne brenne noght fully by stikynge [vrr. stikkyng, stikkynge] of a candele, yet is the wal blak of the leyt.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sticking.