I've got astitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
After about fifteen minutes I got terriblestitch.
A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
astitch in the side
a.1716 (date written),[Gilbert] Burnet, “Book III. Of the Rest ofKing Charles II’s Reign, from the Year 1673 to the Year 1685, in which He Died.”, in[Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor,Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time.[…], volume I, London:[…] Thomas Ward[…], published1724,→OCLC,page588:
He was the next day taken with an oppreſſion, and as it ſeemed with a cold and withſtitches, which was indeed a pluriſy.
1848, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr,New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex, page 186 (1846, Samuel Hahnemann,Materia Medica Pura, page 73):
Violent continuousstitch in the region of the heart, thestitches multiplied when arresting the breathing.[…] Feeling of heaviness in the muscles of the neck; he is obliged to bend his neck backwards. Cramp-like pain in right muscles of the neck, terminating in astitch; the pain went off after motion and returned afterwards.[…] Dullstitches in the region of the haunch-bones; pressure on the parts causes a simple pain.[…] Drawingstitch in the right thigh, not perceptible when standing or ascending an elevation.
1878, Timothy Field Allen,The Encyclopedia of pure materia medica v. 8, 1878, page291:
A sharpstitch in the left side of the head, on sitting down[…] A sharpstitch in the upper part of the right side of the head,[…]
A single turn of the thread round a needle inknitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
drop astitch
take up astitch
An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of abook to connect thepages.
1750, William Ellis, “Of Plowings preparatory for Sofing Lent Crops of Grain, &c. in Chilturn Grounds”, inThe Modern Husbandman - Volume 4, page42:
Now plow down your Weat-stitches, by running the Two-wheel Fallow-Plough three or four times through eachStitch, which will almost level the Ground;
1757, Thomas Hale, “Of Tillage”, inA compleat body of husbandry, page241:
About DUNSTABLE they plow much in Stitches : and in Essex some very good Farmers practise this Method with very great Success; making fiveStitches when they come to sow, which five make a Perch, so that between every twoStitches there is a Thorough a Foot wide.
1875, George Chapman, Algernon Charles Swinburne,The Works of George Chapman: Poems and Minor Translations, page224:
[…]for your oxen choose Two males of nine years old, for then their use Is most available, since their strengths are then Not of the weakest, and the youthful mean Sticks in their nerves still; nor will these contend With skittish tricks, when they theirstitch should end, To break their plough, and leave their work undone.
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stitch (third-person singular simple presentstitches,present participlestitching,simple past and past participlestitched)
To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
tostitch a shirt bosom.
To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
tostitch printed sheets in making a book or a pamphlet.
2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, inTelegraph[4]:
With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudlystitched into their tracksuit jackets.
2009, Jeffery Zurschmeide,Automotive Welding: A Practical Guide,→ISBN, page44:
You can prevent warping and get a very strong weld bystitching your pieces together.
2014, James E. Duffy,Auto Body Repair Technology,→ISBN, page239:
For example, the butt joint can be welded with the continuous technique or thestitch technique.
2017, Chellappa Chandrasekaran,Anticorrosive Rubber Lining: A Practical Guide for Plastics Engineers,→ISBN:
Apply cement andstitch as necessary. A hot knife can be used to seal down loose seams.
To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
2011, Steve Nolan,Film, Lacan and the Subject of Religion,→ISBN:
Whereas liturgically, in the sacramental narrative of the Cross, worshippers arestitched into a salvation story, cinema spectators arestitched into a narrative in which the ordinary guy overcomes the Other in an extraordinary situation.
2013, Peyton McCoy,Walk into Your Season: The Art of Cultural Work,→ISBN, page viii:
However, it is the depth and breadth of your scholarship, your incisive and decisive writing, your numerous books exemplifying this masterful craftsmanship (I stopped counting after nineteen), your wit, and your relentless resolve to listen and get it right that are nowstitched into my memories.
2014, Susan Charnley, Thomas E. Sheridan, Gary P. Nabhan,Stitching the West Back Together: Conservation of Working Landscapes,→ISBN, page xvi:
Effective landscape-scale conservation thus calls forstitching the management of public, tribal, and private lands together using collaborative processes to achieve mutual social and ecological objectives.
2025 October 1, Peter Plisner, “Closing in on Camp Hill reopening”, inRAIL, number1045, page44:
The scheme promises tostitch parts of the city back into the commuter rail map, to reshape short urban journeys, and to relieve some of the pressure on the city's roads and bus routes.
2022, Brian Boxer Wachler,Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception, Lanham, MD:Rowman & Littlefield,→ISBN, pages186–187:
One site, PearPop.com, hooks TikTok or Instagram influencers up with fans to create duetted orstitched videos that fans pay for. This can be an effective way to build followers fast.9 Model Leah Svoboda added 120,000 followers after a PearPop duet with megainfluencer Anna Shumate.10
2023 March 1, Rachel Ellison, “Bad Dates Turn Out to Be Excellent on TikTok”, inThe New York Times[5]:
She talks briefly about their park picnic and then inserts a cliffhanger: “I’m going tostitch this when we’re either in a relationship or he absolutely obliterates my self-esteem.” (Stitch is a creation tool that allows users to add new content to an existing video.)
