backstitch

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

backstitch
    n 1: an overlapping stitch made by starting the next stitch at
         the middle of the preceding one
    v 1: do backstitches

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Backstitch \Back"stitch`\, n. [Back, adv. + stitch.]
   A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the
   last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Backstitch \Back"stitch`\, v. t.
   To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.
   [1913 Webster]

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