dial. Also stich(e, stych(e. [f. STITCH sb.4] trans. To set up in ‘stitches’ or shocks. Also with up.

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1674.  Flavel, Husb. Spiritualized, xv. 129. After these follow the binders, who stitch it up. Ibid., 138. Down go the laden ears flat to the ground; Which those that follow having stitcht and bound, It’s carted home unto the Barn.

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1794.  Wedge, Agric. Warw., 23. For pease and beans styched, from 2s. 6d. to 5s. per acre.

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1879.  Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., s.v. Stiche, Stiche up them beāns i’ rucks.

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1886.  W. Somerset Word-bk., s.v., To stitchy is to set up the sheaves, when bound, in rows of stitches.

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