Bible Dictionaries
Backstitch

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam.

(2):

(n.) A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Backstitch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/backstitch.html. 1828.