railway-stitch love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In crochet, same as tricot-stitch.
  • noun In embroidery, a simple stitch usually employed in white embroidery, or with floss or filoselle.
  • noun In worsted-work or Berlin-wool work, a kind of stitch used on leviathan canvas, large and loose, and covering the surface quickly.

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