whipstitch(n = noun.artifact) whipping, whipstitching - a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally;
is a kind of embroidery stitch, sewing stitch
has particulars: overcast, overcasting

1.  A tailor; -- so called in contempt. [1913 Webster]

2.  Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3.  The act or process of whipstitching. [1913 Webster]

4.  A small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a minute. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

1.  To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [1913 Webster]

2.  To sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast; whip. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]