stitch up

Example Sentences

• "To make Capons […] [S]ome for this Purpoſe make it their Buſineſs after Harveſt-time to go to Markets for buying up Chickens, and between Michaelmas and All-hollantide caponize the Cocks, when they have got large enough to have Stones [i.e., testes] of ſuch a Bigneſs that they may be pulled out; for if they are too little, it can't be done; […] [M]aking a Cut here big enough to put her Finger in, which ſhe thruſts under the Guts, and with it rakes or tears out the Stone that lies neareſt to it. This done, ſhe performs the very ſame Operation on the other Side of the Cock's Body, and there takes out the other Stone; then ſhe ſtitches up the Wounds, and lets the Fowl go about as at other Times, till the Capon is fatted in a Coup, which is commonly done from Chriſtmas to Candlemas, and after."
• "My second poem is a metrical advertisement of all Lord Byron's works; and for drawing it up, Mr Murray ought, I am sure, to be grateful to me, for it will save him I know not what in paper and printing, as there is little doubt of its being got by heart by all those for whom he stitches up his announcements."
• "Dr. Baer replied that he closes the cyst puncture with Well's clamp forceps when the cyst wall is strong enough. In some cases he stitches up the opening, or ties a string below it when the cyst walls are loose and soft."
• "Applicant purchasing cranes with stitched up eyes—Bird's eyes found to be stitched up and bleeding while it was being conveyed by rail—Cruelty was caused by antecedent stitching up of eyes and not by manner of carriage—Obiter—It may well be that process of stitching up eyes of cranes is cruel practice."
• "Poor making up can ruin a perfect piece of knitting. Put as much thought and effort into the assembly of the pieces as you did into knitting them. […] Do not be tempted to use thread for stitching up. It will pull your knitting out of shape and may even break if you make a sudden movement when you are wearing the garment. […] The only other equipment you will need for stitching up is pins."
• "Up at the spinal unit, rumour has it that they've laid their hands on the right set of spanners this time, so hopefully I'll be stripped down, stitched up and ready to roll by the end of June."