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To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

To take long, loose stitches over (the raw edges of a seam) to prevent raveling.

, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both.

A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest.

To fringe; to border. [Obs.] See Purl. Pearl stitch. See Purl stitch, under Purl.

ch the surfaces are plain figures. -- Plain sewing, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. -- Plain song. (a) The Gregorian chant, or canto fermo; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung…

An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance. Purl stitch. Same as Purl, n., 2.

ped like quills. "A sharp- quilled porcupine." Shak. Quilled suture (Surg.), a variety of stitch in which the threads after being passed deeply through the edges of a wound are secured about two quills or bodies of similar shape, in order to produce a suitable degree of pressure.

by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover. The beds were covered with magnificent quilts. Arbuthnot.

The act of stitching or running in patterns, as in making a quilt.

r or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.

by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.

ake the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.

To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. Mark ii. 21.

One who sews, or stitches.

holding pieces of leather while being sewed. -- Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching. -- Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.

achine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.

To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten. [Scot.]

A kind of chickweed (Stellaria Holostea). [Written also stitchwort.]