Obs. Also 7 stichel, 9 dial. stichal(l, stetchel, -il. [Etymology unknown; perh. the same word as next.] A term of reproach applied to (a) a grown-up person, (b) a child.
1659. Lady Alimony, V. iii. I 4 b. Barren Stichel! that shall not serve thy turn.
18[?]. MS. Gloss. Lincs., in Halliwell, s.v. Stichall, This term, which in some places has Bub prefixed to it, appears to be a word of reproach, used to children principally by their parents…, e.g. ‘Get out of the way, you bub-stichal’; and, ‘what a young stichall he must be to bring such a message!’
1866. Brogden, Provinc. Words Lincs., 196. Stetchel, stitchel, a troublesome child.
