Stick by the English (5)
I believe the answer is:
paste
'stick' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'by the english' is the wordplay.
'by' becomes 'past' ('past' can be a synonym of 'by').
'the english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'past'+'e'='PASTE'
(Other definitions for paste that I've seen before include "Thoroughly beat" , "It may be put on teeth" , "Adhesive; savoury spread" , "not real rock" , "Dough - adhesive - gem substitute" .)