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featherstitch definition

feather·stitch (-stic̸h′)

noun

an embroidery stitch forming a zigzag line

Etymology: so called from resemblance to the arrangement of barbs on a feather

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to embroider with such a stitch

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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