Sew

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Sew - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

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

SEW, v.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.

To sew up, to inclose by sewing; to inclose in anything sewed.

Thou sewest up my iniquity. Job 14.

Sew me up the sdirts of the gown. Shak.

SEW, v.i. To practice sewing; to join things with stitches.

SEW, v.t. [L. sicco, to dry.] To drain a pond for taking the fish. Obs.

Source of the article

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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