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Whipstitch

Whip'-stitch, n.

noun

n. 1. A tailor; — so called in contempt.

  1. Any thing hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [Rare.] Dryden.
  2. (Agric.) The act of whip-stitching, or raftering land.

Whip'-stitch, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. (Agric.) To half-plow, or to rafter, as land; to plow in ridges. [Eng.]