WHIP-STITCH, verb transitive [whip and stitch.] In agriculture, to half-plow or to rafter land. This word, I believe, is not used in America. The practice of whip-stitching resembles what is called in America ridging.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.