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Whipstitch
Whip′stitchˊ
,Noun.
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.
Whip′stitchˊ
,Verb.
T.
1.
(Agric.)
To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
[Eng.]
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See also: whip stitch
English
Noun
whipstitch (plural whipstitches)
- A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
- (derogatory, archaic) A tailor.
- Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of John Dryden to this entry?)
- (colloquial) A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
Verb
whipstitch (third-person singular simple present whipstitches, present participle whipstitching, simple past and past participle whipstitched)
- To sew using such a stitch.
- (agriculture) To half-plough or rafter.