whip·stitch /ˈhwɪpˌstɪʧ, ˈwɪp-/
(vt.)鎖縫,包縫鎖縫針腳
Whip·stitch n.
1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.]
3. Agric. The act or process of whipstitching.
4. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or Colloq.]
Whip·stitch, v. t.
1. Agric. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
2. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.
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whipstitch
n : a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipping, whipstitching]