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Stirrup bone (Anat.), the stapes. — Stirrup cup, a parting cup taken after mounting. — Stirrup
iron, an iron stirrup. — Stirrup leather, or Stirrup strap, the strap which attaches a stirrup to the
saddle. See Stirrup, 1.
Stirt
(Stirt) obs. p. p. of Start, v. i. Started; leaped.
They privily be stirt into a well. Chaucer. Stirte
(Stir"te) obs. imp. of Start, v. i. & t. Chaucer.
Stitch
(Stitch) n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See Stick, v. i.]
1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a
stitch; to take up a stitch.
3. [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] A space of work taken up,
or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance.
You have gone a good stitch. Bunyan.
In Syria the husbandmen go lightly over with their plow, and take no deep stitch in making their furrows. Holland. 4. A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side.
He was taken with a cold and with stitches, which was, indeed, a pleurisy. Bp. Burnet. 5. A contortion, or twist. [Obs.]
If you talk,
Or pull your face into a stitch again,
I shall be angry. Marston. 6. Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. [Colloq.]
7. A furrow. Chapman.
Chain stitch, Lock stitch. See in the Vocabulary. — Pearl, or Purl stitch. See 2nd Purl, 2.
Stitch
(Stitch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stitched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Stitching.]
1. To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line
of stitches; as, to stitch a shirt bosom.
2. To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
3. (Agric.) To form land into ridges.
To stitch up, to mend or unite with a needle and thread; as, to stitch up a rent; to stitch up an artery.
Stitch
(Stitch), v. i. To practice stitching, or needlework.
Stitchel
(Stitch"el) n. A kind of hairy wool. [Prov.]
Stitcher
(Stitch"er) n. One who stitches; a seamstress.
Stitchery
(Stitch"er*y) n. Needlework; — in contempt. Shak.
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