\Whip"stitch`\, n.
A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a
minute. [Dial. or Colloq.]

\Whip"stitch`\, v. t.
To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast;
whip.

\Whip"stitch`\, n.
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.

\Whip"stitch`\, v. t. (Agric.)
To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]