[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whipstitch \whip"stitch`\, n.
   1913 webster
   1. a tailor; -- so called in contempt.
      1913 webster

   2. anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty
      composition. r. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. agric. the act or process of whipstitching.
      1913 webster

   4. a small bit; esp., a small interval of time; an instant; a
      minute. dial. or colloq.
      webster 1913 suppl.

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

whipstitch \whip"stitch`\, v. t.
   1. agric. to rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. eng.
      1913 webster

   2. to sew by passing the thread over and over; to overcast;
      whip.
      webster 1913 suppl.

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

whipstitch
     n : a stitch passing over an edge diagonally syn: whipping, whipstitching
see also:
whipping whipstitching 

Whipstitch >> W Words
Whipstitch, definition of term: Whipstitch
whipstitch_pag1.html