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Definition of Backstitched
1. backstitch [v] - See also: backstitch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backstitched
Literary usage of Backstitched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Sewing and Garment Cutting: For Use in Schools and in the Home by Louise M. Heller, Antoinette Prudence [Van Hoesen] Wakeman, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (1898)
"Ans. They are first backstitched and then felled. ... Ans. It is either basted,
with the leg seams exactly opposite each other, backstitched and felled, ..."
2. Manual of Exercises in Hand Sewing: Adopted by Industrial & Grade Schools by Margaret Josephine Blair (1904)
"FRENCH SEAM, backstitched AND HALF ... the method of making a French seam and a
backstitched seam. Exercises: Running, backstitching and overcasting. ..."
3. A Tramp Abroad by Mark. Twain (1880)
"... de foie gras backstitched to the mise-en-scine in the form of a jeu d'esprit.
It gives to the wearer a singularly piquant and alluring aspect. ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain (1908)
"... with facings of petit polonaise and narrow insertions of pate" de foie gras
backstitched to the mise en scene in the form of a jeu d'esprit. ..."
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