stica

1 stica [στίχη], tunic. ~ca, tunica GlC S 543.

2 stica [ME stik(e), AN estik < AS sticca], ~us, ~is, measure of eels, stick; b (spec. as consisting of twenty-five eels). c measure of herrings, or f. l. in L. ‥ habet rex consuetudinem, sc. ij caretas et ij ~cas anguillarum pro uno Ineuuardo DB I 1rb; piscator redd' xxx stich' anguill' DB I 155ra; dabant xiiij sol' et iiij denar' et iij sext' mell' et viij molini erant de lxxiij solid' et xxx ~chas anguill' DB I 180ra; et molinum quem tenet Hugo de Nigello redd' viij solid' et viij ~ches anguill' DB I 183ra; c1110 (15c) concessit ‥ iiij ~kas anguillarum EHR XL 76; summa ~carum anguillarum: ‥ de Ascelino, duodecim ~[c]as ‥ Chr. Abingd. II 149–50; c1181 et iiij ~quas anguillarum Ch. Goring 2; summa anguillarum ad coquinam monachorum, centum xix ~che Cust. Abingd. 324; c1200 de molendinis de Cliva, xl ~cce anguillarum MonA I 607a; 1211 de xviij estikis anguillarum Pipe Wint. 165; 1220 pro xl ~gis anguillarum CurR IX 86; 1307 sunt ibidem xxiiij estik' minutarum angwillarum ‥ prec' estyk' iij d. IPM 128 (21); 1328 de xiiij estikk' anguill' capt' ad molendina aquatica hoc anno MinAc 992/17; 1430 (s1238) xij lupos aquaticos ‥ et ij ~ckos anguillarum Feod. Durh. 51n. 1 (cf. ib. 51: et ij ~ckes anguillarum).  b †lunda [l. binda] anguillarum constat ex x ~kis, et quelibet ~cka ex xxv anguillis Fleta 73; 12‥ quatuor centum anguillarum de redditu piscarii mei de Wiltone ‥ in principio Quadragesime habenda, sc. novem estickes de gurgite qui vocatur Lodwere, et ‥ de Ruvene ‥ septem estickes MonA IV 207b; 1324 ~kum anguillarum continentem xxv anguillas pro ij denariis MGL II 119.  c a1100 unam piscariam quae reddit unum millenarium sticarum [FormA 239: siccarum] anguillarum ‥. et ‥ tria concessi extra praenominata millearia ~carum allecium [FormA 239: siccorum allectium] MonA III 433b.

3 stica [ME < Flem. stik, stuk, MDu. stuk], customary measure of piece or roll of textile fabric produced in or imported from Flanders (cf. OED stickn.3). 1340 pro 12 paribus cirotecarum emptarum pro rege ‥ 3 s.; ‥ pro 15 stikis ribanorum emptis pro rege ‥ 15 s. (TR Bk 203) AcWardr 452; 1466 pro xxxix ulnis de tartir, tribus stekis de bukrame ExchScot 423.