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

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..

Quilt :: Quilt (n.) Anything that is quilted; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover..

Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane..

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..

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

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

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

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

Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off..

Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) The act or process of whipstitching.

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

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

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting..

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

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

Stitched :: Stitch (v. i.) A furrow.

Stitchery :: Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; a seamstress.

Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (v. t.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land..

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

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