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present participle and gerund of stick examples
plural stickings
A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks. quotations examples
Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand.
1997, Gary Cook, Teaching percussion, page 72
(historical, in the plural) Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc. quotations
six ounces of clods and stickings boiled
1823, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849, volume 5, page 48