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(1):

(v. i.) A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.

(2):

(v. i.) A contortion, or twist.

(3):

(v. i.) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

(4):

(v. i.) A furrow.

(5):

(v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.

(6):

(v. i.) 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.

(7):

(v. i.) Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes.

(8):

(v. t.) 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.

(9):

(v. t.) To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.

(10):

(v. t.) To form land into ridges.

(11):

(v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework.

(12):

(n.) An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc.