SINGLE STITCH • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Single stitch

... prefer two lateral incisions instead of one dorsal one. In this case skin and mucous membrane should be divided by scissors for about a quarter of an inch, and then a single stitch inserted in the angle of junction. This has been further modified by Cullerier, who proposed the division of the tight mucous membrane only, in three or four points. He used a pair of scissors with one sharp and one ...

— A Manual of the Operations of Surgery - For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners • Joseph Bell

... how soon the whole conscience begins to unravel if a single stitch drops; one single sin indulged in makes a hole you could put ...

— Pearls of Thought • Maturin M. Ballou