Cross Stitch - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: cross stitchCross stitch
A form of stitch where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other...
Lock stitch
A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together as in the work done by some sewing machines See Stitch...
Cross-examination
Cross-examination, the examination of a witness by the opposite side, generally after examination in chief, but some times without such examination; as in the case of an examination on the voir dire, which is in the nature of a cross-examination (see VOIR DIRE); and also if one party calls a witness,and he is sworn, the other party may cross-examine him, although the party who has called him put no question at all to him. Some times questions in cross-examination are allowed by the judge after re-examination. See RE-EXAMINATION. And if a witness be called to prove some preliminary and collateral matter only, as the handwriting of a document tendered in evidence, he is a witness in the cause, and may be cross-examined as to any of the issues in the cause.As to theform of the cross-examination, leading questions are allowed, which is not the case in examination in chief.The questions must be relevant to the issue (see infra), but great latitude is allowed, as a question seemingly irrelev...
Blanket stitch
A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material as blankets too thick to hem...
Chain stitch
An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain used in crocheting sewing and embroidery...
Garter stitch
The simplest stitch in knitting...
hemming stitch
a stitch used in sewing hems on skirts and dresses...
Set stitched
Stitched according to a formal pattern...
slip stitch
loose stitch catching only a thread or two of fabric designed to be invisible from the right side...
cross link
a covalent bond that links two chains of atoms or two sections of one chain in a polymeric molecule the cross link is created by a third bond in a monomer unit in addition to the two bonds forming the polymeric chain a cross link may be internal to a single chain rather than between two otherwise unlinked chains as ultraviolet irradiation creates cross links between the two chains of a DNA double helix many enzymes have cross links formed by disulfide bonds polystyrene resins have their porosity controlled by the proportion of cross links Called also cross linkage...
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