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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Whipstitch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/whipstitch.html. 1828.