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Entry 6 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Whipstitch

· Whip·stitch · IPA
01 n. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
  1. 1.
    A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
  2. 2.
    Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.[R.]
  3. 3.
    The act or process of whipstitching.(Agric.)
  4. 4.
    A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute.[Dial. or Colloq.]
02 v. t. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
  1. 1.
    To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.(Agric.) [Eng.]
  2. 2.
    To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.