stich

n. [ Gr. sti`chos a row, line, akin to to go, march, E. sty, v. i. ] 1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A row, line, or rank of trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Stichida [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, dim. of &unr_; a row. ] (Bot.) A special podlike or fusiform branch containing tetraspores. It is found in certain red algae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a line + -mancy. ] Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to stichometry; characterized by stichs, or lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a line + -metry. ] 1. Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]