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Stitch (?), n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
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2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.
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3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
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You have gone a good stitch. Bunyan.
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In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. Holland.
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4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
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He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. Bp. Burnet.
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5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]
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If you talk,
Or pull your face into a stitch again,
I shall be angry. Marston.
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6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]
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7. A furrow. Chapman.
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8. An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.
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Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary. -- Pearl stitch, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
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Stitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching.] 1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.
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2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
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3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges.
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To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.
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Stitch, v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework.
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