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English Dictionary: whipstitch	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for whipstitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
whipstitch n a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching]
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.