Stiches
noun, plural stichs.
1.
a verse or line of poetry.
noun, plural stichs. Cards.
1.
the last trick, being of special scoring value in certain games, as pinochle or klaberjass.
noun
1.
a line of poetry; verse
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adjective 1. pertaining to or consisting of stichs or verses. 2. composed of lines of the same metrical form throughout.
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noun 1. the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms. noun 1. (prosody) the practice of writing out a prose text in lines that correspond to the sense units and indicate the phrasal rhythms
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