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. ]

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. ]