Stitch
Stitch , noun
[Old English stiche, Anglo-Saxon stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]
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.
You have gone a good stitch.
In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows.
4.
A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy.
5.
A contortion, or twist. [Obsolete]
If you talk,
Or pull your face into a stitch again,
I shall be angry.
6.
Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloquial]
7.
A furrow. — Chapman
8.
An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.
Collocations (2)
Chain stitch or Lock stitch , See in the Vocabulary.
Pearl stitch or Purl stitch , See 2nd Purl, 2.
Stitch , transitive verb
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.
(Agriculture) To form land into ridges.
Collocations (1)
To stitch up , to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.
Stitch , intransitive verb
To practice stitching, or needlework.