STITCHED
sewed, sewn, stitched
(adjective) fastened with stitches
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
stitched
simple past tense and past participle of stitch
Source: Wiktionary
STITCH
Stitch, n. Etym: [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]
1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch.
3. Etym: [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.]
Definition: A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. You have gone a good stitch. Bunyan. In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. Holland.
4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. Bp. Burnet.
5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.] If you talk, Or pull your face into a stitch again, I shall be angry. Marston.
6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]
7. A furrow. Chapman. Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary.
– Pearl, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
Stitch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching.]
1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.
2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
3. (Agric.)
Definition: To form land into ridges. To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.
Stitch, v. i.
Definition: To practice stitching, or needlework.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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