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whipstitch |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, n. 1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt. 2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence a hasty composition. [R.] --Dryden. 3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, v. t. (Agric.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, n. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, v. t. To sew by passing the thread over and over to overcast; whip. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whipstitch n : a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: {whipping}, {whipstitching}]
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