SuaviloquyToday’s word

sticking

Sticking

a. & n. from Stick, v. Sticking piece, a piece of beef cut from the neck. [Eng.] -- Sticking place, the place where a thing sticks, or remains fast; sticking point. But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we'll not fail. Shak. -- Sticking plaster, an adhesive plaster for closing wounds, and for similar uses. -- Sticking point. Same as Sticking place, above.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for sticking; he lists it under adhesive.

Where he writes about it:

Adhesive is the scientific, sticking or sticky the popular word. — from adhesive
An adhesive plaster is in popular language a sticking-plaster. — from adhesive