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Stitch [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A single pass of a needle in sewing.

2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link of yarn; as, to let down a stitch; to take up a stitch

3. A land; the space between two double furrows in plowed ground.

4. A local spasmodic pain; an acute lancing pain, like the piercing of a needle; as a stitch in the side.

Stitch [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To practice stitching.

Stitch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To sew in a particular manner; to sew slightly or loosely; as, to stitch a collar or wristband; to stitch the leaves of a book and form a pamphlet.

2. To form land into ridges. [N. England.]

3. To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.

Stitch [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

2. 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.

3. A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.

5. A contortion, or twist.

6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.

7. A furrow.

8. To practice stitching, or needlework.

Stitch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

3. To form land into ridges.

Stitch-wort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant, camomile. [Latin] A plant of the genus Stellaria.

Stitched [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Sewed slightly.

Stitched [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stitchel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A kind of hairy wool. [Local.]

Stitchel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A kind of hairy wool.

Stitcher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that stitches.

Stitcher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who stitches; a seamstress.

Stitchery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Needlework; in contempt.

Stitchery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Needlework; -- in contempt.

Stitchfallen [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fallen, as a stitch in knitting. [Not in use.]

Stitching [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of stitching

2. Work done by sewing in a particular manner.

3. The forming of land into ridges or divisions.

Stitching [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Sewing in a particular manner; uniting with a needle and thread.

Stitching [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of one who stitches.

2. Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively.

Stitching [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stitchwort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Stichwort.