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thoroughstitch

thoroughstitch is the alternative form of thorough-stitch.

Meaning of thorough-stitch

Adverb

thorough-stitch (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Thoroughly, through to the end.
    • I might also blame him, that having undertaken a resolution (in my judgment, rather brave than rash) to caste himselfe inconsiderately, weake and unarmed, amidst a tempestuous ocean of senselesse and mad men, he should have gone through stitch with it, and not leave the person he represented in the..., vol.1, ch.23

Forms of thoroughstitch

comparativemore thoroughstitch
superlativemost thoroughstitch

Questions about thoroughstitch

What is thoroughstitch the alternative form of?
Thoroughstitch is the alternative form of thorough-stitch.

Words near thoroughstitch in the dictionary

  1. thoroughpasses
  2. thoroughpin
  3. thoroughpins
  4. thoroughs
  5. thoroughsped
  6. thoroughstitch
  7. thoroughwax
  8. thoroughway
  9. thoroughways
  10. thoroughwort
  11. thoroughworts

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