单词 | side stitch |
释义 | > as lemmasside stitch side stitch n. (a) a sudden sharp pain in a person's side (cf. stitch n.1 2a); (b) a stitch in or at the side of something; (Bookbinding) a stitch made through the outside of the folded sections of a book. ΚΠ 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 408 Side stitch, drink the water or decoction thereof. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 328 Thou shalt haue cramps, Side-stitches, that shall pen thy breath vp. View more context for this quotation 1825 Linguist 16 July 269 I have a side stitch, I feel a pain in my side. 1836 Knickerbocker Oct. 409 How many stitches were in-wrought by the patient tailor, and how many side-stitches by process of thankless duns were wrought. 1840 Miss Watts Ladies' Knitting & Netting Bk. 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 102 Purl 1 row knitting the last stitch and a side stitch together. 1970 R. K. Kent Lang. Journalism 121 Side stitch, a binding stitch in which wire staples or thread is stitched through folded signatures. 1998 N.Y. Times 14 Aug. b34/6 Heading up a nasty hill I had a side stitch that sent pain through my gut with each step. 2007 Amer. Printer Sept. 34 The bindery choices were rivets or grommets, side stitch.., side sewn, spiral or wire-o. < as lemmas |
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