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Webster 1913 Edition

Sew

Sew

,
Noun.
[OE. See
Sewer
household officer.]
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
[Obs.]
Gower.
I will not tell of their strange
sewes
.
Chaucer.

Sew

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Sue
to follow.]
To follow; to pursue; to sue.
[Obs.]
Chaucer. Spenser.

Sew

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Sewed
;
p. p.
Sewed
, rarely
Sewn
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sewing
.]
[OE.
sewen
,
sowen
, AS.
siówian
,
sīwian
; akin to OHG.
siuwan
, Icel.
s[GREEK]ja
, Sw.
sy
, Dan.
sye
, Goth.
siujan
, Lith.
siuti
, Russ,
shite
, L.
ssuere
, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], Skr.
siv
. √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
.

Sew

,
Verb.
I.
To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Sew

,
Verb.
T.
[√151 b. See
Sewer
a drain.]
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
[Obs.]
Tusser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sew

SEW

, To follow. [Not used. See Sue.]

SEW

,
Verb.
T.
pronounced so, and better written soe. To unite or fasten together with a needle and thread.
They sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. Gen. 3.

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