Definition of Sewing-machine stitch

1. Noun. A sewing stitch made by a sewing machine, sometimes using more than one thread.

Exact synonyms: Machine Stitch
Specialized synonyms: Lockstitch
Generic synonyms: Embroidery Stitch, Sewing Stitch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewing-machine Stitch

sewer water
sewerage
sewerages
sewered
sewering
sewerings
sewerless
sewerlike
sewerman
sewermen
sewers
sewin
sewing
sewing-machine
sewing-machine operator
sewing-machine stitch (current term)
sewing basket
sewing circle
sewing kit
sewing lounge
sewing machine
sewing machines
sewing needle
sewing room
sewing spasm
sewing up
sewings
sewins
sewn
sewn up

Literary usage of Sewing-machine stitch

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

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"In introducing the sewing-machine stitch the following method is employed : The needle is passed through the tissue and the loose end caught and drawn out a ..."

2. A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860...: Comprising Annals by John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young (1868)
"... announced to the foreman of his machine shop that he would make a stitch that would supersede the sewing machine stitch ; and subsequently explained, ..."

3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"Lock-stitch A sewing-machine stitch in which t'ie lower thread is made to pass over the upper one, »imply interlocking therewith ..."

4. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"... were closed by a sewing-machine stitch with a special needle devised by Quain, which assures absolute hemostasis and a saving of time. ..."

5. Mashallah! A Flight Into Egypt by Charles Warren Stoddard (1881)
"... on the sail unraveled like a sewing-machine stitch and the sail filled in a moment. " Job and Sarah" had nothing to do with this brilliant Nilotic feat. ..."

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