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stoating

stoating is the present participle and gerund of stoat.

Meaning of stoat

Verb

stoat (third-person singular simple present stoats, present participle stoating, simple past and past participle stoated)

  1. (transitive) To stitch (edges of relatively thick cloth, fur, etc, for example on either side of a join or tear) together in a way that is invisible from the 'front', by sewing part of the way into and then back out of the thickness of the material from the 'back' side (without the thread going all the way through to the 'front' side of the material).
    • to stoat two very ravelled edges1897 August 14, Work: The Illustrated Weekly Journal for Mechanics, volume XIV, number 439, published in collected form

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Questions about stoating

What is stoating the present participle and gerund of?
Stoating is the present participle and gerund of stoat.

Words near stoating in the dictionary

  1. Stoate
  2. stoated
  3. stoater
  4. stoaters
  5. Stoates
  6. stoating
  7. stoatious
  8. stoatlike
  9. stoats
  10. stoaty
  11. stob

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