whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching
(noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whipstitch (plural whipstitches)
A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
(derogatory, archaic) A tailor.
Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
(colloquial) A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
(agriculture) Half-ploughing or raftering.
whipstitch (third-person singular simple present whipstitches, present participle whipstitching, simple past and past participle whipstitched)
To sew using such a stitch.
(agriculture) To half-plough or rafter.
Source: Wiktionary
Whip"stitch`, n.
1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Agric.)
Definition: The act or process of whipstitching.
Whip"stitch`, v. t. (Agric.)
Definition: To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
