Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
STITCH
I. noun
Etymology: Middle English stiche, from Old English stice; akin to Old English stician to stick Date: before 12th century a local sharp and sudden pain especially in the side,
2. one in-and-out movement of a threaded needle in sewing, embroidering, or suturing, a portion of thread left in the material or suture left in the tissue after one stitch, a least bit especially of clothing , a single loop of thread or yarn around an implement (as a knitting needle or crochet hook), a stitch or series of stitches formed in a particular way ,
II. verb
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1. to fasten, join, or close with or as if with stitches , to make, mend, or decorate with or as if with stitches, to unite by means of staples, intransitive verb sew , stitcher noun