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n. An embroidery stitch that produces a decorative zigzag line.

n. A kind of embroidery stitch made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.

v. To make stitches of this kind.

n. A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

n. A stitch used in embroidery, producing a partial imitation of feathers by small branches or filaments that ramify from a main stem. In medieval embroidery it was called opus plumarium.

To ornament with feather-stitching.

"And when she found how neatly she could hemstitch and do such beautiful featherstitch, and darn, and read so plainly that it was a pleasure to listen to her, she had to admit that Hannah Ann was a real credit, and, she confessed in her secret heart, a very sweet little girl."

featherstitched    featherstitches