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Needlework :: Needlework (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress..

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

Race :: Race (n.) A channel or guide along which a shuttle is driven back and forth, as in a loom, sewing machine, etc..

Goosewinged :: Goosewinged (a.) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

Sew :: Sew (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Gastroraphy :: Gastroraphy (n.) The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen.

"""goosewinged " :: Goosewinged (a.) Having a goosewing..

Thimble :: Thimble (n.) A kind of cap or cover, or sometimes a broad ring, for the end of the finger, used in sewing to protect the finger when pushing the needle through the material. It is usually made of metal, and has upon the outer surface numerous small pits to catch the head of the needle..

Chain Stitch :: Chain stitch () An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery..

Hemmer :: Hemmer (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down..

Binding :: Binding (n.) Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling..

Sharp :: Sharp (n.) A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps..

Enterorrhaphy :: Enterorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.

Patch :: Patch (v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam..

Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.

Palm :: Palm (n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc..

Tatting :: Tatting (n.) A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch..

Unsew :: Unsew (v. t.) To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.)..

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