overcasting
Americannoun
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the act of sewing along the edges of material with long, spaced stitches to prevent raveling.
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the stitch used to overcast.
Etymology
Origin of overcasting
Example Sentences
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John Goodman can do the oaky solidity, but perhaps might be overcasting.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
With all the power of light from the clouds, there was an overcasting of the gloom of evening, a twilight upon the hills.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by John Campbell Shairp
She saw, however, the concern overcasting the features of all of them—except Mathilde—and she now mastered herself entirely, though the tremor remained, very deep down within her.
From Dr. Adriaan by Louis Couperus
It is also true that the book can never be rebound, but if the overcasting is properly done, the sewing will last until the book is discarded.
From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey
They looked very threatening, blowing so suddenly over the mountain top, overcasting the brightness of the way.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Mary Hastings Bradley
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