whipstitch

== English == === Etymology === From whip +‎ stitch. === Noun === whipstitch (plural whipstitches) A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge. (derogatory, archaic) A tailor. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition. c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce? (colloquial) A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant. (agriculture) Half-ploughing or raftering. === Verb === whipstitch (third-person singular simple present whipstitches, present participle whipstitching, simple past and past participle whipstitched) To sew using such a stitch. (agriculture) To half-plough or rafter.