Definition of sew

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Sew (v. t.) To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip..

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Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers..
Lobby :: Lobby (v. i.) To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes..
Elsewhere :: Elsewhere (adv.) In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere..
Flusher :: Flusher (n.) A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.
Leatherwood :: Leatherwood (n.) A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy..
Moosewood :: Moosewood (n.) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).
Gore :: Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part..
Steel :: Steik (v. t.) To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten..
Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The construction of a sewer or sewers.
Stripe :: Stripe (n.) A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment..
Seamstress :: Seamstress (n.) A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..
Gauntry :: Gauntry (n.) A frame for supporting barrels in a cellar or elsewhere.
Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
Yarn :: Yarn (n.) Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like..
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book..
Moosewood :: Moosewood (n.) Leatherwood.
Sewer :: Sewer (n.) A small tortricid moth whose larva sews together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana).
Overhand :: Overhand (a.) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both..
Sullage :: Sullage (n.) Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.
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