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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally;
[syn: whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching. [1913 Webster] 4. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whipstitch \Whip"stitch`\, v. t. 1. (Agric.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

whipstitch n 1: a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching]