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stitch

US/stɪt͡ʃ/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric

2.

a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running

verb

1.

Origin

From Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick. Via PIE cognate with Czech steh, Polish ścieg, Russian стежо́к (stežók).

Phrases

  • a stitch in time saves nine
  • bean stitch
  • blanket stitch
  • blind stitch
  • box stitch
  • brick stitch
  • butterfly stitch
  • buttonhole stitch
  • stitch aloft
  • stitch and bitch
  • stitch incoming
  • stitch up

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