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back⋅stitch

  [bak-stich]
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–noun
1. stitching or a stitch in which the thread is doubled back on the preceding stitch.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to sew by backstitch.
Origin:
1605–15; back 2 + stitch1
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back·stitch   (bāk'stĭch')   
n.  A stitch made by inserting the needle at the midpoint of a preceding stitch so that the stitches overlap by half lengths.
back'stitch' v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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