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Noun: overcasting  'ow-vu(r),kãs-ting
  1. A long whipstitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent ravelling
    "She finished the seam with overcasting to ensure it wouldn't fray";
    - overcast
Verb: overcast (overcast)  'ow-vu(r),kãst
  1. Make cloudy
    "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches";
    - cloud
     
  2. Sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
    "The tailor overcast the raw edges of the fabric to prevent fraying"
     
  3. Sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
    "overcast books"

Derived forms: overcastings

See also: overcloud

Type of: darken, run up, sew, sew together, stitch, stitch up, whipping, whipstitch, whipstitching

Encyclopedia: Overcasting

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