Meaning

noun a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing

noun a sharp spasm of pain in the side resulting from running

verb fasten by sewing; do needlework

originFrom Middle English stiche, from Old English stiċe (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”). Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”),…

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