Whip"stitch` (?), n.
1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together;
hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Agric.) The act or process of
whipstitching.
Whip"stitch`, v. t. (Agric.) To
rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
Whip"stitch`, n. A small bit; esp.,
a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or
Colloq.]
Whip"stitch`, v. t. To sew by
passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.
Whip"stitch` (?), n.
1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together;
hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Agric.) The act or process of
whipstitching.
Whip"stitch`, v. t. (Agric.) To
rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
Whip"stitch`, n. A small bit; esp.,
a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or
Colloq.]
Whip"stitch`, v. t. To sew by
passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.