| Whipstitch 1. (n.) A tailor; -- so called in contempt. 2. (n.) Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. 3. (n.) The act or process of whipstitching. 4. (v. t.) To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. Thesaurus Entries baste, bind, buttonhole, crochet, cross-stitch, embroider, fell, flap, fly, gather, imbrication, knit, lap, machine-stitch, overcast, overhand, overlap, overlapping, overlay, overlayer, purl, quilt, renter, run, saddle-stitch, seam, single-stitch, tack, tat, whip, whipstitch |