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a single loop holding entire civilizations together, one thread at a time
means a single loop of thread made by a needle in sewing, knitting, or surgery — or, loosely, a sharp pain in the side from exertion
from From Old English 'stice,' meaning a prick or sting — the sharp jab of a needle going through cloth. It's a cousin of 'stick' (the verb), both rooted in a Proto-Germanic word for piercing. The fabric sense and the painful 'stitch in the side' both trace back to that original idea of being stuck or pierced — sewing tamed the sting into something useful.
- oldest find
- Bone needles for stitching date back 60,000 years
- surgical roots
- Ancient Egyptians stitched wounds with linen and ant jaws
- a time saver
- The proverb saves nine, not just one
- side pain
- That running cramp is a real diaphragm stitch
for instance
the great stitch — 1970s british tv series about a surgical intern in a hospital