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▪ I. whip-stitch, n. (adv.)|ˈhwɪpstɪtʃ|
[f. whip n. 16, v. 18 + stitch n.]
1. Needlework. A stitch of the kind described s.v. whip v. 18; an overcast stitch: = whip n. 17.
1640J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise Needle A 2, The smarting Whip-stitch, Back-stitch, & the Crosse-stitch. 1880Plain Hints Needlework 22 Whip-stitch. This should be formed of a very neat tight roll, the raw edge being completely rolled in. 1885J. B. Leno Boot & Shoemaking x. 88 When lasted, the upper is braced round with a single thread with a whip-stitch. 1893E. Rosevear Text-bk. Needlework 204 The stitch makes the roll on the material look like a whip-cord, and..this is probably the origin of the name of whip-stitch.
2. Phr. (at) every whip-stitch, at short or frequent intervals. Also (without at), each item without exception; ‘every last thing’. dial. and U.S.
1824P. Hobby Life of Marion p. i, What can one do, when one's friends are..calling out at every whipstitch..‘Well, but sir, where's Marion?’ 1888F. R. Stockton Dusantes iii. 130 Every whip-stitch of his bag and baggage shall be trundled after him. 1890J. D. Robertson Gloss. Glouc. s.v., ‘He was in and out every whip-stitch,’ meaning ‘every now and then’. 1899Atlantic Monthly LXXXIII. 757/2 Feast days occur at every whipstitch.
†3. as adv. or int. expressing sudden movement or action. Obs. slang or colloq.
1676Shadwell Virtuoso iv. 74 I'll slide down from the window..and, Whip Stich, your Nose in my Breech, Sir Nicholas. I'll leave my Cloaths behind me. 1706E. Ward Wooden World Diss. (1708) 80 He shall cast ye a Knot, whip stich, in a Twinkling, as intricate as the Gordion one.
▪ II. whip-stitch, v. Needlework.
[Cf. prec.]
trans. To sew with a whip-stitch: = whip v. 18.
1592Greene Upstart Courtier Wks. (Grosart) XI. 240 Silcke lace, cloth of golde, of siluer, and such costly stuffe, to welte, garde, whippstitch, edge, face, and draw out. 1887Harper's Mag. July 179/2 If ‘inserts’ or ‘plates’ of single sheets are to form part of the book, these are usually pasted or ‘whip-stitched’ by hand upon or within the folded sheet. |