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  1. 1. n. A tailor; -- so called in contempt. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. The act or process of whipstitching. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt. 2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden. 3. (Agric.) The act or process of whipstitching. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.] Source: webster
  7. 7. n. a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally Source: ecdict

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