Whipstitch /(?)/

Whip·stitch

Whipstitch

n.
  1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
  2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.]
  3. The act or process of whipstitching. (Agric.)
  4. A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Dial. or Colloq.]

Whipstitch

v. t.
  1. To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. (Agric.) [Eng.]
  2. To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip.