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featherstitch

noun

Etymology

From feather + stitch.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to stab, pierce”
  2. inherited from *stikiz✻ — “prick, piercing, stitch”
  3. inherited from *stiki✻
  4. inherited from stiċe — “a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”
  5. inherited from stiche
  6. compounded as featherstitch — “feather + stitch”

Definitions

  1. A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right…

    A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.

  2. To make stitches of this kind.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for featherstitch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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