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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sew \Sew\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si['o]wian, s[=i]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. ????, Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.]
1. 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. --Mark ii. 21.
2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sewing \Sew"ing\, noun
1. The act or occupation of one who sews.
2. 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sewing
noun
1: joining or attaching by stitches [syn: {stitching}]
2: needlework that involves sewing; "she put her sewing back in the basket" [syn: {stitchery}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "sewing": Smyth sewing, applique, backing, baste, bibliopegy, bind, binder board, binding, book cloth, book cover, book jacket, bookbinding, bookcase, buttonhole, case, casemaking, casing-in, collating, collating mark, cover, crochet, cross-stitch, dust cover, dust jacket, embroider, fell, folding, footband, gather, gathering, gluing-off, hard binding, headband, jacket, knit, library binding, lining, lining-up, machine-stitch, mechanical binding, niggerhead, overcast, overhand, perfect binding, plastic binding, purl, quilt, renter, rounding, run, saddle stitching, saddle-stitch, seam, side sewing, signature, single-stitch, slipcase, slipcover, smashing, soft binding, spiral binding, stamping, stapling, tack, tailband, tat, tipping, trimming, whip, whipstitch, wire stitching, wrapper
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