[hwip-stich, wip-] 
| 1. | to sew with stitches passing over an edge, in joining, finishing, or gathering. |
| 2. | one such stitch. |
| 3. | every whipstitch, Southern U.S. at short intervals: She drops in to see us every whipstitch. |
| whip·stitch (hwĭp'stĭch', wĭp'-) tr.v. whip·stitched, whip·stitch·ing, whip·stitch·es To sew with overcast stitches, as in finishing a fabric edge or binding two pieces of fabric together. n. A stitch made in this manner. |
