Blanket-stitch
a basic sewing stitch in which widely spaced, interlocking loops, or purls, are formed, used for cutwork, as a decorative finish for edges, etc.
to sew using a blanket stitch.
Historical Examples
Art in Needlework Lewis F. Day
noun
a strong reinforcing stitch for the edges of blankets and other thick material
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pleasantly gentle or agreeable: a bland, affable manner. soothing or balmy, as air: a bland southern breeze. nonirritating, as food or medicines: a bland diet. not highly flavored; mild; tasteless: a bland sauce. lacking in special interest, liveliness, individuality, etc.; insipid; dull: a bland young man; a bland situation comedy. unemotional, indifferent, or casual: his […]
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to coax or influence by gentle flattery; cajole: They blandished the guard into letting them through the gate. to use flattery or cajolery. Historical Examples Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Herbert George Wells The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete George Meredith George Cruikshank’s Omnibus […]