overcast seam

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• Overcast — O ver*cast ([=o] v[ e]r*k[.a]st ), v. t. 1. To cast or cover over; hence, to cloud; to darken. [1913 Webster] Those clouds that overcast your morn shall fly. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To compute or rate too high. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 3. (Sewing) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• overcast — I. transitive verb ( cast; casting) Date: 14th century 1. darken, overshadow 2. to sew (raw edges of a seam) with long slanting widely spaced stitches to prevent raveling II. adjective Date: 1536 clouded over < an overcast day > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• o|ver|cast — «OH vuhr KAST, KAHST», adjective, verb, cast, cast|ing, noun. –adj. 1. cloudy or dark; gloomy: »The sky was overcast before the storm. Figurative. an overcast quality of depression. SYNONYM(S): obscure, becloud …   Useful english dictionary

• overseam — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: over (III) + seam, n. : a seam with raw edges on the outside overcast with short close stitches that is used especially for gloves II. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: over ( …   Useful english dictionary

• Sewing — or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using needle and thread. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times (30,000 BC). Sewing predates the weaving of …   Wikipedia

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• stitch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. seam, suture. v. t. sew, knit, crotchet, tack, smock, overcast; staple; darn, mend. See junction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. join, make a seam, baste, suture; see sew . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v.… …   English dictionary for students

• To whip in — Whip Whip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whipping}.] [OE. whippen to overlay, as a cord, with other cords, probably akin to G. & D. wippen to shake, to move up and down, Sw. vippa, Dan. vippe to swing to and fro, to shake, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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