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through-stitch

through-stitch is the obsolete 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

Questions about through-stitch

What is through-stitch the obsolete form of?
Through-stitch is the obsolete form of thorough-stitch.

Words near through-stitch in the dictionary

  1. through-hole technologies
  2. through-hole technology
  3. through-line
  4. through-lines
  5. through-shine
  6. through-stitch
  7. through-stone
  8. through-stones
  9. through-ticket
  10. through-ticketing
  11. through-tickets

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