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stick ((3)) 3 
1 v. Lumbering a log caught on a snag or obstruction when being transported.
See also: hang-up (defs. 1a and 1b).
- 1827 (1829) Farther up the river . . . is a noted ridge of rocks, called the Hog's Back, from the circumstance of raftsmen with their wares sticking on it in coming down the stream.
- 1849 (1926) The process is to break up the raft and commit the spars to the stream. About an hour after that perhaps two or three sticks reach Peterborough, the rest are left sticking here and there on rocks, dams and islands.
- 1854 The whole year's labor is thus lost from the timber "sticking" as it is called, unless heavy rains should come to the rescue. . . .
2 v. Esp. North prepare sticks of fish for drying or freezing.
See also: stick ((1)) (def. 2)
- 1942 Now for sticking: Willow sticks are cut about four-foot long and pointed at one end. . . . The white [fish] is slit through near the tail, just above the vertebral column. . . .
- 1827 (1829) Farther up the river . . . is a noted ridge of rocks, called the Hog's Back, from the circumstance of raftsmen with their wares sticking on it in coming down the stream.