whipstitch

whipstitch
/hwip"stich', wip"-/, v.t.
1. to sew with stitches passing over an edge, in joining, finishing, or gathering.
n.
2. one such stitch.
3. every whipstitch, Southern U.S. at short intervals: She drops in to see us every whipstitch.
[1585-95; WHIP + STITCH]

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