Definition of stickled:
(v) :
To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
(v) :
(intransitive, obsolete) To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
(v) :
(now rare) To argue or struggle for.
(v) :
(obsolete) To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
(v) :
(transitive, obsolete) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
(v) :
(intransitive, obsolete) To separate combatants by intervening.