/stik"euhl/ , v.i. , stickled, stickling .
1. to argue or haggle insistently, esp. on trivial matters.
2. to raise objections; scruple; demur.
[ 1520-30; var. of obs. stightle to set in order, freq. of stight to set in order, ME stighten, OE stihtan to arrange; c. G stiften, ON stetta to set up ]