1. [n]  sewing consisting of a link or loop or knot made by drawing a threaded needle through a fabric
2. [n]  a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running
3. [v]  fasten by sewing; do needlework

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1. \Stitch\, n.
   An arrangement of stitches, or method of stitching in some
   particular way or style; as, cross-stitch; herringbone
   stitch, etc.
   

2. \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.
   

3. \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.
   

4. \Stitch\, v. i.
   To practice stitching, or needlework.