whipstitch

noun

1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
2. (archaic, derogatory)A tailor.
3. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.

   “c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce?”

4. (colloquial)A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
5. Half-ploughing or raftering.

verb

1. To sew using such a stitch.
2. To half-plough or rafter.