stitch (stich)

[ sewing. She has, out of Impatience to see herself in her Weeds, order'd her Mantua-Woman to stitch up any thing immediately. Steele, Grief A-la-Mode, v. 1. (b) To mend or unite with a needle and thread: as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery. II. in trans. To sew; make stitches. Stitch ! stitch! stitch! In poverty, hunger, and dirt. Hood, Song of the Shirt. A kind of hairy wool. stitchel (stich'el), n. [Local.] Imp . Dict. stitcher (stich'er), n. [ stitch + -er1.] One who stitches; also, a tool or machine used in stitching. All alike are rich and richer, King with crown, and cro -legged stitcher , When the grave hides all. R. W. Gilder, Drinking Song.