Obs. In 3 stucchen (ü). [dim. of STITCH sb.2: see -EN1.] A small part or piece; spec. a division or section of a discourse.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 14. I þisse distinctiun beoð fif cheapitres alse vif stucchenes efter þe vif wittes. Ibid., 428. Ʒe ancren owen þis lutle laste stucchen reden to our wummen eueriche wike enes.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., 2006 (MS. R.). Stucchenes [pl.; the other MSS. have stucchen pl.].
