stote

English

Etymology 1

Verb

stote (third-person singular simple present stotes, present participle stoting, simple past and past participle stoted)

1. Alternative form of stoat (“stitch without passing fully through (cloth)”).
   • 1900, The American Tailor and Cutter, volume 21, page 16:

     [It is inadvisable] to stote small pieces together to make one of the size required, for the reason that, however well the stoting is done, the finish is liable to be clumsy.

   • 1958, Virginia Saunders, Reweave it Yourself, pages 84 and 90:

     The equipment required to stote a damage in any material is very simple. You will need a thimble [...] to stote any pattern material using this method.

   • 1968, Bertha Moulton, Garment-cutting and Tailoring for Students, page 164:

     […] able to stote the seam on account of the type of material. Light- weight tweeds and serges [...] stoting, see that the edges are well balanced and that any pulled away threads are laid as nearly as possible in [...]

See also

• stot, stott

Etymology 2

Noun

stote (plural stotes)

1. Obsolete form of stoat.

References

• “stote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• TOSET, Toste, set to, set-to, totes

Dutch

Verb

stote

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of stoten

Anagrams

• toets