stitch
n. தையல், தைப்பு, ஒருதையல் ஈடு, தையலிழை, தையற்பாணி, புத்தகக் கட்டிட வேலையில் எல்லாக் வறுகளஞ் சேர்ந்த, ஒரு முழுநிறைத் தையலீடு, கந்தைத் துண்டு, கப்பல் பாய்த்துணுக்கு, விலாக்குத்தல் நோய், உண்டவுடன் ஓடுவதால் ஏற்படும் பக்கவாட்டுக் குத்துவலி, (வினை.) தை, தையல் போடு, தைத்திணை, தையலால் அணி செய், வளைத்துத் தையலிட்டுப் பொதிவு செய்.
Stitch, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [Cf. OE. sticche, stecche, stucche, a piece, AS. stycce. Cf. Stock.] Defn: 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. 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.) Defn: 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. Stitch, v. i. Defn: To practice stitching, or needlework.