STITCH

I. noun Etymology: Middle English stiche, from Old English stice; akin to Old English stician to stick Date: before 12th century a local sharp and sudden pain especially in the side, 2. one in-and-out movement of a threaded needle in sewing, embroidering, or suturing, a portion of thread left in the material or suture left in the tissue after one ~, a least bit especially of clothing , a single loop of thread or yarn around an implement (as a knitting needle or crochet hook), a ~ or series of ~es formed in a particular way , II. verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to fasten, join, or close with or as if with ~es , to make, mend, or decorate with or as if with ~es, to unite by means of staples, intransitive verb sew , ~er noun