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backstitch

backstitch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.
  2. 2.To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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