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Overcasting

noun
1.
A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling.  Synonym: overcast.





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"Overcasting" Quotes from Famous Books



... had grown more violent, and great clouds, ominous with rain, were now overcasting the sky. Her sister could hardly have reached the corner of the street, when Delmia thought she heard a slight noise in the bedroom. She bent her head and listened attentively. "It is nothing; my ears often deceive me now," she mumbled ...
— A Lover in Homespun - And Other Stories • F. Clifford Smith


Words linked to "Overcasting" :   whipstitching, overcast, whipping, whipstitch


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