Vocabulary : Stirring to Stitching
Stirring : of Stir ;; Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.Stirrup : A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body. ;; Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron. ;; A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
Stirt : Started; leaped.
Stirte : imp. of Start, v. i. & t.
Stitch : An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone stitch, etc. ;; A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. ;; 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. ;; A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance. ;; A local sharp pain; an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle; as, a stitch in the side. ;; A contortion, or twist. ;; Any least part of a fabric or dress; as, to wet every stitch of clothes. ;; A furrow. ;; 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. ;; To sew, or unite together by stitches; as, to stitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet. ;; To form land into ridges. ;; To practice stitching, or needlework.
