单词 | to stitch away |
释义 | > as lemmasto stitch away 8. absol. and intransitive. To make stitches; to work with a needle and thread. to stitch away, to go on sewing energetically. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > sew sewc1450 to prick on a clout1584 stitch1697 needle1834 steek1865 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (intransitive)] > sew > in specific way hem1530 thimble1834 buttonhole1851 to stitch away1853 purfle1890 prick-stitch1933 zigzag1950 1697 D. Defoe Ess. Projects 282 To teach them [Women] to Stitch and Sow, or make Bawbles. 1712 P. Motteux 2nd Pt. Don Quixote (1749) IV. xliii. 62 Go on, go on, friend, said Don Quixote, thread, tack, stitch on, heap proverb on proverb, out with 'em, man, spew them out. 1843 T. Hood Song of Shirt i Stitch! stitch! stitch! 1853 J. L. Motley Let. 20 Nov. in Corr. (1889) I. vi. 163 There is nothing for it but to penelopise, pull to pieces and stitch away again. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. i. 6 More than a dozen girls still sat in the room..stitching away as if for very life. 1865 F. Marryat Love's Conflict I. viii. 128 She took her work and..stitched in silence. < as lemmas |
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