Sutile
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Done by stitching.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Done by stitching.
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adjective.
Done by
stitching
.
Word Usage
"[830] Dr. Johnson, describing her needle-work in one of his letters to Mrs. Thrale, vol.i. p. 326, uses the learned word sutile; which Mrs. Thrale has mistaken, and made the phrase injurious by writing 'futile pictures.'"