adv. Obs. [OE. stycce-, sticce-, sticmǽlum (see Bosw.-Toller), f. stycce: see STITCH sb.2 and -MEAL.] In separated pieces; in ‘stitches’ of land. (In quot. 1602 with by prefixed; there is prob. a reference to STITCH sb.3)
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., I. 503. Þæs muntes cnoll … is sticmælum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmælum mid grenum felda oferbræded.
1602. Carew, Cornwall, I. 66. Their grounds lay all in common, or onely deuided by stitch-meale.
