stickle

Etymology 1
From, (in compounds), from , from , , related to the verb. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) A sharp point; prickle; a spine

Etymology 2
From, from , , from , , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  steep; high; inaccessible
 * 2)  high, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid

Noun

 * 1) A shallow rapid in a river.
 * 2) The current below a waterfall.

Etymology 3
From a variant of, from , , , , equivalent to.

For the development of to, compare  and dialectal.

Verb

 * 1)  To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
 * 2)  To argue or struggle.
 * 3) To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
 * 4)  To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
 * 5)  To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
 * 6)  To separate combatants by intervening.
 * 7)  To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
 * 1)  To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
 * 2)  To separate combatants by intervening.
 * 3)  To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
 * 1)  To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
 * 1)  To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.