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

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..

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

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..

Stitching :: Stitching (n.) The act of one who stitches.

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..

Thoroughstitch :: Thoroughstitch (adv.) So as to go the whole length of any business; fully; completely.

Stitch :: Stitch (v. t.) 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..

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

Steel :: Steik (v. t.) To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten..

Tatting :: Tatting (n.) A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch..

Fell :: Fell (n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses..

Sutler :: Sutile (a.) Done by stitching.

Unstitch :: Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam..

Hemstitch :: Hemstitch (v. t.) To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief..

Hemstitched :: Hemstitched (a.) Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief..

Quilt :: Quilt (v. t.) To stitch or sew in lines or patterns.

Hemstitching :: Hemstitching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hemstitc.

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..

Stitch :: 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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