Spider stitch

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• Stitch

  ·vi A contortion, or twist. II. Stitch ·vt To form land into ridges. III. Stitch ·vi A <<Furrow>>....

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• stitch

  A nick name for a taylor: also a term for lying with a woman. ...

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• Spider

  ·noun A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire. II. Spider ·noun Any one of various other arach...

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• Spider

  The trust of the hypocrite is compared to the spider's web or house (Job 8:14). It is said of the wi...

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• spider

  n. See katipo. ...

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• spider

  A cast iron frying-pan with three legs. ...

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• spider

  An iron out-rigger to keep a block clear of the ship's side. ...

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• Spider

  The Hebrew word 'accabish in (Job 8:24; Isaiah 59:5) is correctly rendered "spider." Put semamith is...

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• Blanket stitch

  ·add. ·- A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to he...

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• Chain stitch

  ·- An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; — used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery. I...

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• Cross-stitch

  ·noun A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch cross...

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• Garter stitch

  ·add. ·- The simplest stitch in knitting. ...

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• Lock stitch

  ·- A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by s...

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• Split stitch

  ·add. ·- A stitch used in stem work to produce a fine line, much used in old church embroidery to wo...

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• thorough stitch

  To go thorough stitch; to stick at nothing; over shoes, over boots. ...

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• stitch-bird

  n. a bird of New Zealand.See quotation. 1885. Hugh Martin, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,...

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• Ballooning spider

  ·- A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( ·esp. species of Lycosa) do thi...

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• Sea spider

  ·- Any pycnogonid. II. Sea spider ·- Any maioid crab; a spider crab. ·see <<Maioid>>, and Spider cr...

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• Spider web

  ·- ·Alt. of Spider's web. ...

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• Water spider

  ·- A water mite. II. Water spider ·- Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especi...

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• spider-shanked

  Thin-legged. ...

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• spider-orchis

  n. name given in Tasmaniato the Orchid Caladenia pulcherrima, F. v. M. ...

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• spider-hoop

  The hoop round a mast to secure the shackles to which the futtock-shrouds are attached. Also, an iro...

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• spider-lines

  A most ingenious substitution of a spider's long threads for wires in micrometer scales, intended fo...

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• every stitch set

  All possible canvas spread. ...

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• red-streaked spider

  or Black-and-red Spider ,an Australasian spider ( Latrodectus scelio, Thorel.),called in New Zealan...

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• black-and-red spider

  See red-streaked spider ...

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