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n. [ For nachebone. For loss of n, cf. Adder. See Natch. ] The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [ Spelt also edgebone. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or “pitching” the trump suit. R. F. Foster. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Back, adv. + stitch. ] A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewitched p. pr. & vb. n. Bewitching. ] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery. [ 1913 Webster ]

See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm
Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being bewitched. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bewitches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. biche, bicche, AS. bicce; cf. Icel. bikkja, G. betze, peize. ] 1. The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. an unpleasant, malicious, or offensive person. [ PJC ]

4. something difficult or unpleasant. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

5. a complaint. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

v. i. to complain in a whining or grumbling manner; to gripe. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

adj. an informal intensifier; as, we had a bitching good time. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. complaining; griping. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

adj. marked by or arising from malice. [ slang ]
Syn. -- catty, cattish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to hem. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. (Needlework) To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Machine Sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Chat, by way of reduplication. ] Familiar or trifling talk; prattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Cowhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. “Tent and cross-stitch.” Sir W. Scott. -- Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster]

2. embroidery done in cross-stitch. [WordNet 1.5]

v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ditches [ OE. dich, orig. the same word as dik. See Dike. ] 1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ditched p. pr. & vb. n. Ditching. ] 1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To surround with a ditch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who digs ditches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The red-breasted or gray snipe (Macrorhamphus griseus); -- called also brownback, and grayback. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hideous; ghastly; as, an eldritch shriek or laugh. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ it>or }, a. Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch. [ Scot. & Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Fitches [ See Vetch. ] 1. (Bot.) A vetch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Bot.) A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa, still used as a flavoring in the East. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads spelt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. of fitched. ] (Zool.) The European polecat; also, its fur. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. fiché, lit. p. p. of ficher to fasten, OF. fichier to pierce. Cf. 1st Fish. ] (Her.) Sharpened to a point; pointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cross fitché, a cross having the lower arm pointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (her.) Fitché. [ Also fiched. ]

{ , n. [ Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz. ] (Zool.) The European polecat (Putorius fœtidus). See Polecat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having fitches or vetches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Fitché. ] (Her.) Fitché. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Flitches [ OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. flīk flap, tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n. ] 1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flitched p. pr. & vb. n. Flitching. ] [ See Flitch, n. ] To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips; as, to flitch logs; to flitch bacon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. The simplest stitch in knitting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A fault or defect in a system, plan, or machine.
Syn. -- bug. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Elect.) A brief surge or interruption in the voltage in an electrical circuit or device. [ PJC ]

n. [ ca. 2000 ] 1. A fictional object shaped like a small golden sphere with wings, described in the series of “Harry Potter” novels by J.K. Rowling. It is used in a fictional game called Quidditch, in which wizards on broomsticks fly through the air and, among other things, try to catch the golden snitch, which flies quickly and erratically, and is therefore difficult to catch. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: [ metaphorically ] Some object that is difficult to catch, or a goal that is difficult to achieve. [ PJC ]

adj. same as handsewn.
Syn. -- handsewn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hemstitched p. pr. & vb. n. Hemstitching. ] [ Hem + stitch. ] To ornament at the head of a broad hem by drawing out a few parallel threads, and fastening the cross threads in successive small clusters; as, to hemstitch a handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a broad hem separated from the body of the article by a line of open work; as, a hemistitched handkerchief. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of low. [ Narrower terms: adenoidal, pinched, nasal; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto; falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp; screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing; soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor ]
Syn. -- high. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.
Syn. -- steeply pitched, steep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Cf. Scot. hitch a motion by a jerk, and hatch, hotch, to move by jerks, also Prov. G. hiksen, G. hinken, to limp, hobble; or E. hiccough; or possibly akin to E. hook. ] 1. To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atoms . . . which at length hitched together. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; -- said of something obstructed or impeded. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere. [ Eng. ] Halliwell.

v. i. To hitchhike; -- mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home. [ PJC ]