Sutile

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Done by stitching.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Done by stitching.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.'"