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 whip·stitch /ˈhwɪpˌstɪʧ, ˈwɪp-/
 (vt.)鎖縫,包縫鎖縫針腳

 Whip·stitch n.
 1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
 2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition.  [R.]
 3. Agric. The act or process of whipstitching.
 4. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or Colloq.]

 Whip·stitch, v. t.
 1. Agric. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land.  [Eng.]
 2. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.
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 whipstitch
      n : a stitch passing over an edge diagonally [syn: whipping, whipstitching]