stitch.html - See: IN STITCHES.

stitch.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a (in sewing or knitting or crocheting etc.) a single pass of a needle or the thread or loop etc. resulting from this. b a particular method of sewing or knitting etc. (am learning a new stitch).
2 (usu. in pl.) Surgery each of the loops of material used in sewing up a wound.
3 the least bit of clothing (hadn't a stitch on).
4 an acute pain in the side of the body induced by running etc.

--v.

tr.
1 sew; make stitches (in).
2 join or close with stitches.

in stitches colloq. laughing uncontrollably. a stitch in time a timely remedy. stitch up 1 join or mend by sewing or stitching.
2 sl. betray or cheat.

stitcher n. stitchery n. stitchless adj. [OE stice f. Gmc, rel. to STICK(2)]

stitch.html - n.
any plant of the genus Stellaria, esp. S. media with an erect stem and white starry flowers, once thought to cure a stitch in the side.

stitch.html - See: IN STITCHES.

stitch.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a (in sewing or knitting or crocheting etc.) a single pass of a needle or the thread or loop etc. resulting from this. b a particular method of sewing or knitting etc. (am learning a new stitch).
2 (usu. in pl.) Surgery each of the loops of material used in sewing up a wound.
3 the least bit of clothing (hadn't a stitch on).
4 an acute pain in the side of the body induced by running etc.

--v.

tr.
1 sew; make stitches (in).
2 join or close with stitches.

in stitches colloq. laughing uncontrollably. a stitch in time a timely remedy. stitch up 1 join or mend by sewing or stitching.
2 sl. betray or cheat.

stitcher n. stitchery n. stitchless adj. [OE stice f. Gmc, rel. to STICK(2)]

stitch.html - n.
any plant of the genus Stellaria, esp. S. media with an erect stem and white starry flowers, once thought to cure a stitch in the side.