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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STITCH, n.¹ Sc. usages. For Sc. forms see Steek, n.²

1. Combs. and deriv.: (1) hammer-stitch, a rivet; (2) stitch-through, adv., right through, to the end, completely and finally; (3) stitchum, a nickname for a tailor. Cf. Eng. stitch, id.(1) Slg. 1818 W. Muir Poems 25:
He's but a clumsy careless b - - ch, That cou'dna clink a hammer stitch.(2) Sc. 1721 R. Wodrow Sufferings i. ii. s. 1:
The Matter was agreed on in private, and carried Stitch-through in publick.(3) Gsw. 1872 J. Young Lochlomondside 158:
Stitchum hinted as muckle, As mine was a back something fashious to fit.

‡2. Dim. stitchy, a kind of sunbonnet (Dmf. 1917; Rxb. 1971).Dmf. 1895 Scots Mag. (April) 388:
Her coloured cotton hood — her “stitchy,” she called it.