stitchery (sticheri)

[ Come, lay aside your stitchery ; I must have you play the idle huswife with me this afternoon. Shak., Cor., i. 3. 75. stitch fallen (stich'faln), a . [ stitch + fallen , pp. of falll .] Fallen, as a stitch in knitting. [Rare.] A stitch - fal'n cheek, that hangs below the jaw. Dryden, tr. of Juvenal's Satires, x. 309. stitching (stichʻing), n. [Verbal n. of stitch , v .] Stitches collectively; especially, ornamental stitches designed to show on the surface of the work. Middle stitching ( naut .). Same as monk's seam, 1.