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Bit of sewing
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stitch
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Word definitions for stitch in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stitch \Stitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching .] 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. To sew, or unite together by stitches; ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the textile arts , a stitch is a single turn or loop of thread, or yarn . Stitches are the fundamental elements of sewing , knitting , embroidery , crochet , and needle lace -making, whether by hand or machine. A variety of stitches, each with one or ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running v. fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew , run up , sew together ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, "to stab, pierce," also "to fasten or adorn with stitches;" see stitch (n.). Surgical sense is from 1570s. Related: Stitched ; stitcher ; stitching .
Usage examples of stitch.
The plastic aerator valves, surgically stitched in his chest, pulled and twisted and seemed to tear with each lurch of his body.
That dark, wire-haired woman Kumul had found to measure up Ager and then sew and stitch the blue jerkin and pants was a miracle worker.
Without the interfering strands hanging in her eyes she was better able to see to her task and her fingers moved with agile speed and efficiency even though the blood continued to ooze, though with much less frequency as the wound was stitched closed.
At last they were fortunate enough to catch the southeast trade, but it was so languid at first that the ship barely moved through the water, though they set every stitch, and studding sails alow and aloft, till really she was acres of canvas.
He opened and cleaned the wounds with something that felt like a wire brush, stitched them up neatly, covered them all with aluminium foil and bandage, fed me a variety of pills then, for good measure, jabbed me a couple of times with a hypodermic syringe.
The black armazine gown, equipped with long, tight sleeves that would have been considered screamingly out of mode at Court, was bordered at the collar, cuffs, and hem with wide bands of black ducape stitched with winged crescents in silver.
Panting, holding his side where a painful stitch burned with each breath, Batman stumbled onto the flat surface of one of the rocks.
She was stitching with apparent calm when the door opened and Raf and Beyke came in.
She rummaged in a box that sat on a nearby table and produced a booklike tablet of parchment sheets stitched together.
Misseltoe, bruised and strained into oyle and drunken, hath presently and forthwith rid a grievous and sore stitch.
Stone asked Monday morning as Burch walked into the office, a Band-Aid over the stitches in his head.
Buttonhole edging with darned centre, centre filled with strands of wool caught down at intervals with double back stitch.
The shamrock leaf has a darned contour of double threads, the filling was in stem stitch, solid, with bars of a darker colour worked across it.
The two small petals filled solid with stem stitch, three rows of which are used for outlining the long petal, the centre being filled with rings in buttonhole stitch and darned background.
Contour in stem stitch, filled in lightly with buttonhole stitch, and darning and long-and-short stitch.