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stitch

  [stich] ,
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–noun
1. one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
2. a loop or portion of thread disposed in place by one such movement in sewing: to rip out stitches.
3. a particular mode of disposing the thread in sewing or the style of work produced by one such method.
4. one complete movement of the needle or other implement used in knitting, crocheting, netting, tatting, etc.
5. the portion of work produced.
6. a thread, bit, or piece of any fabric or of clothing: to remove every stitch of clothes.
7. the least bit of anything: He wouldn't do a stitch of work.
8. a sudden, sharp pain, esp. in the intercostal muscles: a stitch in the side.
–verb (used with object)
9. to work upon, join, mend, or fasten with or as if with stitches; sew (often fol. by together): to stitch together flour sacks to make curtains; a plan that was barely stitched together.
10. to ornament or embellish with stitches: to stitch a shirt with a monogram.
–verb (used without object)
11. to make stitches, join together, or sew.
—Idiom
12. in stitches, convulsed with laughter: The comedian had us in stitches all evening.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME stiche, OE stice a thrust, stab; c. G Stich prick; akin to stick 2 ; (v.) ME stichen to stab, pierce, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
stitcher, noun
stitchlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

stitch  (n.)
O.E. stice "a prick, puncture," from P.Gmc. *stikiz, from the root of stick (v.). The sense of "sudden, stabbing pain in the side" was in late O.E. The verb is first recorded c.1225, "to stab, pierce," also "to fasten or adorn with stitches." Noun senses in sewing and shoemaking first recorded c.1290; meaning "bit of clothing one is (or isn't) wearing" is from c.1500. Meaning "a stroke of work" (of any kind) is attested from 1581. Surgical sense first recorded 1525. Sense of "amusing person or thing" is 1968, from notion of laughing so much one gets stitches of pain (cf. verbal expression to have (someone) in stitches, 1935).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2stitch
Function: transitive verb
: to fasten, join, or close with stitches <stitch a wound>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

stitch (stĭch)
n.

  1. A sudden sharp pain, especially in the side.

  2. A single suture.

v. stitched, stitch·ing, stitch·es
To suture.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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