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Definition of Stitchery
1. Noun. Needlework on which you are working with needle and thread. "She put her sewing back in the basket"
Specialized synonyms: Applique, Binding, Gather, Gathering, Darn, Mend, Patch, Patchwork, Stitch
Generic synonyms: Needlecraft, Needlework
Examples of category: Needle
Derivative terms: Sew, Stitch
Definition of Stitchery
1. n. Needlework; -- in contempt.
Definition of Stitchery
1. Noun. fine work done by stitching ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stitchery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stitchery
Literary usage of Stitchery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of by Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Wilton (1841)
"ON Stitchery. " Here have I cause in men just blame to find, That in their proper
praise too partial bee, And not indifferent to womankind, Scarse do they ..."
2. The Development of Embroidery in America by Candace Wheeler (1921)
"The mechanical and commercial effect of this stitchery discouraged its use; ...
It is, in fact, the ABC of all decorative stitchery, the method evolved by ..."
3. The Book Buyer by Charles Scribner's Sons (1901)
"The Stitchery of the Same. By Mra. Head. With 101 Illustrations. ... of Tapestry,"
and the third of the " Stitchery " employed in the embroidery of both. ..."
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