Bible Dictionaries
Whipstitch
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.
(2):
(n.) A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute.
(3):
(v. t.) To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.
(4):
(v. t.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.
(5):
(n.) The act or process of whipstitching.
(6):
(n.) A tailor; - so called in contempt.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Whipstitch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/whipstitch.html. 1828.