Stitch

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi A contortion, or twist.

II. Stitch ·vt To form land into ridges.

III. Stitch ·vi A Furrow.

IV. Stitch ·vi To practice stitching, or needlework.

V. Stitch ·vi Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.

VI. Stitch ·vi A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

VII. Stitch ·vi A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.

VIII. Stitch ·vt To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

IX. Stitch ·vi A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

X. Stitch ·vi 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.

XI. Stitch ·add. ·noun An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, ·etc.

XII. Stitch ·vt 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.

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