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FEATHERSTITCH
Etymology
Noun
featherstitch (plural featherstitches)
A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.
Verb
featherstitch (third-person singular simple present featherstitches, present participle featherstitching, simple past and past participle featherstitched)
To make stitches of this kind.
Source: Wiktionary
Feath"er*stitch`, n.
Definition: A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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