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† ˈstitchmeal, adv. Obs. [OE. stycce-, sticce-, sticmǽlum (see Bosw.-Toller), f. stycce: see stitch n.2 and -meal.] In separated pieces; in ‘stitches’ of land. (In quot. 1602 with by prefixed; there is prob. a reference to stitch n.3)
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 508 Þæs muntes cnoll..is sticmælum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmælum mid grenum felda oferbræded. 1602Carew Cornwall i. 66 Their grounds lay all in common, or onely deuided by stitch-meale. |