Stitch — Defs

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

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.” — Bunyan.

“In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows.” — Holland.
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.” — Bp. Burnet.
5.
A contortion, or twist.[Obs.]
“If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry.” — Marston.
6.
Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.[Colloq.]
7.
A furrow.
8.
An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.

Phrases & compounds

Chain stitch — See in the Vocabulary.

Pearl stitch — See 2nd Purl, 2.

02 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.

imp. & p. p. Stitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching

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.(Agric.)

Phrases & compounds

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

03 v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework.

1.
To practice stitching, or needlework.