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4 +1 | steep rocky peak |
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4 | Stickle Pike |
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3 -1 | A way over the peak |
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stickle pike Stickle Pike Explanation: just the name and I wouldn't read anything into it other than it might be a difficult climb to reach the top ... hence the name -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2015-07-22 02:11:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "stickle" means to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters or to raise objections so here I think you have to take the figurative view and read that it's a challenge but don't know if you need to render this idea in Chinese so ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2015-07-22 02:30:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- basically the idea of "stickle" would translate as "difficult", "challenging", "tough" so that might help you decide |
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stickle pike steep rocky peak Explanation: it's defined here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_of_Stickle "...A "stickle" is a hill with a steep prominent rocky top, while a "pike" is a hill with a peaked summit, the name is therefore partly tautological..." |
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stickle pike A way over the peak Explanation: Or a peak with a path over it. According to "A Complete Guide to the Lakes,: Comprising Minute Directions for the Tourist ... "Stickle" comes from the Saxon word "stigle", meaning "a way over the hill"." https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dPYGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA254&lp... This may well be connected to the word "stile". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2015-07-22 09:47:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The lake below Stickle Pike is called Stickle Tarn. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2015-07-22 09:57:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The same source cited above gives a different definition "an acute point" elsewhere in the same book: www.ebooksread.com/.../page-27-a-complete-guide-to-the-lake... "Harrison Stickle (p. 42). Stigle (Sax.) an acute point. Harrison is evidently a personal name used to distinguish one of ' the Pikes' from the other. Hence our word ' stile,' and * steel.' ' Steel Pike' was the ancient name of this hill, as Mr. West has it — and we would like to see this name restored." Given the shape of Stickle Pike, Sharp Peak would seem likely. |
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Reference: Toponymy Reference information: see "Stack (Norse), a columnar rock. Other forms: stake, stick, stickle." http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Misc... and "'Pike' - a pointed and rocky summit." http://www.mountain-journeys.co.uk/lakeland-place-names.html |
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