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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..

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

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

Heading :: Heading (n.) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

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

Narrow :: Narrow (v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one..

Backstitch :: Backstitch (n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end..

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..

Cross-stitch :: Cross-stitch (n.) A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other..

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..

Purl :: Purl (n.) An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance..

Quilting :: Quilting (n.) The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt..

Boltrope :: Boltrope (n.) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

Baste :: Baste (v. t.) To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly..

Stitching :: Stitched (imp. & p. p.) of Stitc.

Hemstitched :: Hemstitched (imp. & p. p.) of Hemstitc.

Set-stitched :: Set-stitched (a.) Stitched according to a formal pattern.

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

Hemmer :: Hemmer (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down..

Overcast :: Overcast (v. t.) To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling..

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