Whipstitch

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A tailor;

— so called in contempt.

II. Whipstitch ·noun The act or process of whipstitching.

III. Whipstitch ·vt To Rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.

IV. Whipstitch ·noun Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.

V. Whipstitch ·add. ·noun A small bit; ·esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute.

VI. Whipstitch ·add. ·vt To sew by passing the thread over and over; to Overcast; whip.