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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sew  \Sew\,  n.[OE.  See  {Sewer}  household  officer.] 
  Juice;  gravy;  a  seasoned  dish;  a  delicacy.  [Obs.]  --Gower. 
 
  I  will  not  tell  of  their  strange  sewes.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sew  \Sew\,  v.  t.  [See  {Sue}  to  follow.] 
  To  follow  to  pursue;  to  sue.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer.  Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sew  \Sew\,  v.  t.  [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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sew  \Sew\,  v.  i. 
  To  practice  sewing;  to  work  with  needle  and  thread. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sew  \Sew\,  v.  t.  [[root]151  b.  See  {Sewer}  a  drain.] 
  To  drain,  as  a  pond,  for  taking  the  fish.  [Obs.]  --Tusser. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sew 
  v  1:  fasten  by  sewing;  do  needlework  [syn:  {run  up},  {sew 
  together},  {stitch}] 
  2:  create  with  cloth;  of  textiles  [syn:  {tailor},  {tailor-make}] 




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