Definition of stitch

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Stitch (v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side..

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Baste :: Baste (v. t.) To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly..
Heading :: Heading (n.) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
Quilt :: Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc., may be made; as, to quilt a coat..
Quilt :: Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.
Suture :: Suture (n.) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching.
Stitching :: Stitching (n.) The act of one who stitches.
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A contortion, or twist..
Stitchel :: Stitch (v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework..
Quilting :: Quilting (n.) The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt..
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..
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) One who sews, or stitches..
Darn :: Darn (v. t.) To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread..
Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) The act or process of whipstitching.
Hemstitched :: Hemstitched (imp. & p. p.) of Hemstitc.
Spangle :: Spangle (n.) A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress..
Tension :: Tension (a.) A device for checking the delivery of the thread in a sewing machine, so as to give the stitch the required degree of tightness..
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..
Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one..
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..
Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..
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