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whipstitch
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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.]
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