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Overhand :: Overhand (a.) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both..

Sew :: Sew (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread..

Stitchel :: Stitch (v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.

Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition..

Stitcher :: Stitchel (n.) A kind of hairy wool.

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Unsew :: Unsew (v. t.) To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of..

Chain Stitch :: Chain stitch () A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch..

Backstitch :: Backstitch (v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam..

Catstitch :: Catstitch (v. t.) To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch.

Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt.

Chainwork :: Chainwork (n.) Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) 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..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. t.) To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet..

Tack :: Tack (v. t.) Especially, to attach or secure in a slight or hasty manner, as by stitching or nailing; as, to tack together the sheets of a book; to tack one piece of cloth to another; to tack on a board or shingle; to tack one piece of metal to another by drops of solder..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes..

Monk''s Seam :: Monk's seam () An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches..

Narrow :: Narrow (v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one..

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