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whipstitch

noun verb

A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
W
Ends with
H
Contains
HI
Scrabble score
23
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

noun

  1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.

  2. A tailor.

  3. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.

  4. A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.

  5. Half-ploughing or raftering.

verb

  1. To sew using such a stitch.

  2. To half-plough or rafter.

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