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English Dictionary: stitch by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stitch
n
  1. a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing
  2. a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
v
  1. fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, run up, {sew together}, stitch]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stitch \Stitch\, n.
      An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some
      particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone
      stitch, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stitch \Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stitched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Stitching}.]
      1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner
            as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches;
            as, to stitch a shirt bosom.
  
      2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch
            printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
  
      3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges.
  
      {To stitch up}, to mend or unite with a needle and thread;
            as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stitch \Stitch\, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to
      stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.]
      1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of
            the thread thus made.
  
      2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a
            link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a
            stitch; to take up a stitch.
  
      3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce.
            Cf. {Stock}.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a
            single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space
            passed over; distance.
  
                     You have gone a good stitch.               --Bunyan.
  
                     In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their
                     plow, and take no deep stitch in making their
                     furrows.                                             --Holland.
  
      4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a
            needle; as, a stitch in the side.
  
                     He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which
                     was, indeed, a pleurisy.                     --Bp. Burnet.
  
      5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]
  
                     If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again,
                     I shall be angry.                              --Marston.
  
      6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every
            stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]
  
      7. A furrow. --Chapman.
  
      {Chain stitch}, {Lock stitch}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pearl}, [or] {Purl stitch}. See 2nd {Purl}, 2.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stitch \Stitch\, v. i.
      To practice stitching, or needlework.
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