3 definitions
for whipstitch
From The 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
whipstitch
n : a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipping, whipstitching]
