Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering (1869)
New York, Appleton · leaf 167
s between the two needles and so as to cause the shoulder i, to press orforce, or cast the stitch over the hooked end of the needle. The stitch hook should next be drawnbackwards, and depressed so as to disengage it from the stitch. The movements of the stitch hook maybe produced by various kinds…
Mechanical engineering
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