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whipstitch

('/hw//I/p,st/I//tS/ )

a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
whipping, whipstitching

source: wordnet30
A tailor; -- so called in contempt.(noun)

source: webster1913
A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute.(noun)

source: webster1913

To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.(verb)

source: webster1913
To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.(verb)

source: webster1913

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