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back-stitch|ˈbækˌstɪtʃ| [f. back adv.] A method of sewing in which, for every new stitch, the needle enters behind, and comes out in front of, the end of the previous one. Hence backstitch v., to sew in this way.
1611Cotgr., Arriere-poinct, a backe-stitch. Arriere-poincté, backe-stitched. 1640J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise Needle, Whip-stitch, Back-stitch, and the Cross-stitch. 1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5868/9 A piece of Holland Back-stitched with a Heart. 1841Thackeray Comic Tales II. 152 The younger ones learned the principles of back-stitch, cross-stitch, bob-stitch. |