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verb

Sew v. t. (past sewed; past part. sewn; pres. part. sewing)

To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. "No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment."

To close or stop by ssewing; often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

To inclose by sewing; sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

Sew v. i. (past sewed; past part. sewn; pres. part. sewing) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

noun

Sewing n.

The act or occupation of one who sews.

That which is sewed with the needle.

Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed.

Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching.

Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sewing" Quotes from Famous Books

... penetrating of argus-eyed policemen or sheriffs, can not see. Australia—is it not the land of gold? Who that has poached a pile does not gravitate there, as the needle to the pole? Of course, I do not mean the sewing-machine needle. ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 • Various

... morrow. Everybody worked till nightfall. While some of the men mended harness others repaired the frames and ironwork of the wagons. Them was much heating and hammering of iron and tightening of bolts and nuts. And I remember coming upon Laban, sitting cross-legged in the shade of a wagon and sewing away till nightfall on a new pair of moccasins. He was the only man in our train who wore moccasins and buckskin, and I have an impression that he had not belonged to our company when it left Arkansas. Also, he had neither wife, nor family, ...

— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London

... them to your puking sister and her child, hiding their heads and sewing their samplers at Machecoul. What more can you ask? Surely the young and fair are safe in such worthy society, even if they may chance to find ...

— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett

... his airy flight from the precipice you mention had a parallel in the melancholy Jew who toppled from the monument. Were his limbs ever found? Then, the man who cures diseases by words is evidently an inspired tailor. Burton never affirmed that the act of sewing disqualified the practiser of it from being a fit organ for supernatural revelation. He never enters into such subjects. 'Tis the common uninspired tailor which he speaks of. Again the person who makes his smiles to be heard, is evidently a man under possession; a ...

— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Vol. 5 • Edited by E. V. Lucas

... mine, but I want you to look at things as the world does. I do common work—carpenter's work, and am glad to get the chance of doing it, and to help you and Horace. Here we can only be common working people—you sewing for the shops and I working for a builder. That is all the people know, and all we want them to know, and I wish Horace could ...

— That Scholarship Boy • Emma Leslie

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