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Definition of Cross-stitch

1. Noun. Two stitches forming a cross or X.

2. Noun. Embroidery done with pairs of stitches that cross each other.

Definition of Cross-stitch

1. Noun. A double stitch that forms a cross ¹

2. Noun. embroidery or needlework made using such stitches ¹

3. Verb. To embroider with such stitches ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-stitch

cross-resistance cross-section cross-section(a) cross-sectional cross-sectional echocardiography cross-sectional method cross-sectional study cross-sell cross-sentential cross-shaped

cross-shot cross-springer cross-springers cross-staffs cross-stitch (current term) cross-stitched cross-stitcher cross-stitchers cross-stitches cross-stitching

cross-tab cross-table lateral projection cross-tabs cross-talk cross-town cross-train cross-trees cross-validation cross-wise

Literary usage of Cross-stitch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The House and Home: A Practical Book by Lyman Abbott (1896)
"German workers are famed for beautiful cross stitch embroidery, though the crude colors they employ often mar the beauty of their specimens. ..."

2. Potter's American Monthly (1881)
"The curtain illustrated in Fig. i is made of coarse linen, richly ornamented with cross-stitch embroidery and drawn-work, and finished at the bottom with ..."

3. The Hand-book of Needlework by Miss Lambert, Lambert (F.) (1842)
"IVE stiches are, in general, employed for canvas work; viz. tent, and cross stitch, Gobelin or tapestry stitch, Irish, and German stitch. ..."

4. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"Cross stitch. directly across' from where it last came through, move forward as far as desired, from one-quarter inch to one-half inch, according to size of ..."

5. Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1916)
"LESSON 7 LEARNING TO MAKE THE cross-stitch Did your grandmother ever tell you how she learned to sew when she was a girl ? Have you seen her sewing sampler ..."

6. Clothing and Health: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1916)
"LESSON 7 LEARNING TO MAKE THE cross-stitch Did your grandmother ever tell you how she learned to sew when she was a girl ? Have you seen her sewing sampler ..."

7. The Prussian Elementary Schools by Thomas Alexander (1919)
"The cross-stitch is first to be practiced as an under-stitch lying from left to right, then as a top-stitch, lying from right to left, and finally as the ..."

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