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.
... to possess some stich a trinket as that." There I remain'd, and ask'd, as merchants ... — The Poems of Goethe • Goethe
...Stich) a celebrated horn player, to whom Beethoven was mainly indebted for his knowledge of that instrument ... — Beethoven's Letters 1790-1826 Vol. 2 • Lady Wallace