backstitch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: backstitch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for backstitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
backstitch n an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at the middle of the preceding one v do backstitches
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backstitch \Back"stitch`\, n. [Back, adv. + stitch.] A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Backstitch \Back"stitch`\, v. i. To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.