whipstitch

3 definitions found

whipstitch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, n.
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     1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
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     2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty
        composition. [R.] --Dryden.
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     3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching.
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     4. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a
        minute. [Dial. or Colloq.]
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  Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, v. t.
     1. (Agric.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
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     2. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast;
        whip.
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whipstitch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  whipstitch
      n 1: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn:
           whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching]