- (n.) An arrangement of stitches or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.
- (v.i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
- (v.i.) To practice stitching or needlework.
- (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.
- (v.t.) To sew or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
- (v.i.) A contortion or twist.
- (v.i.) A furrow.
- (v.i.) A space of work taken up or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
- (v.t.) To form land into ridges.
- (v.i.) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
- (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.
- (v.i.) Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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