whipstitch

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: whip=stitch

CIDE DICTIONARY

whipstitch, n. 

•  A tailor; -- so called in contempt.  [1913 Webster]
•  Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act or process of whipstitching.  [1913 Webster]
•  A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

whipstitch, v. t. 

•  To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.  [1913 Webster]
•  To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]