whipstitch

Noun, Verb (transitive)

whip=stitch

WORDNET DICTIONARY

whipstitch(n = noun.artifact) whipping, whipstitching - a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally; Array

has particulars: overcast, overcasting

is a kind of embroidery stitch, sewing stitch

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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