bestick (third-person singular simple present besticks, present participle besticking, simple past and past participle bestuck)
(transitive) To stick on the surface of; cover over.
(transitive) To pierce in various places; pierce through and through.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*stick", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestuck; p. pr. & vb. n. Besticking.]
Definition: To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce. Truth shall retire Bestuck with slanderous darts. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
