sticking plaster

2 definitions found

sticking plaster - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sticking \Stick"ing\,
     a. & n. from Stick, v.
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     Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.]
        
  
     Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks, or remains
        fast; sticking point.
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              But screw your courage to the sticking place,
              And we'll not fail.                   --Shak.
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     Sticking plaster, an adhesive plaster for closing wounds,
        and for similar uses.
  
     Sticking point. Same as Sticking place, above.
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sticking plaster - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sticking plaster
      n 1: adhesive tape used in dressing wounds [syn: plaster,
           adhesive plaster, sticking plaster]