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