Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whipstitch"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whipstitch
n : a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: {whipping}, {whipstitching}]
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