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sewing (iou)



sewing noun. ME.
[from SEW verb1 + -ING1.]
The action of SEW verb1. Freq. prefixed with specifying word. ME.
plain sewing: see PLAIN adjective1 & adverb.
Nature The speed of expert hand-sewing, thirty stitches per minute. Country Life The sewing together of different materials for ornamentation.
Sewn work or material; work or material to be sewn. LME.
J. Hatton Mrs. Grey looked up from her sewing.
In pl. Thread or silk for sewing. M19.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'suitable for or used in sewing', as sewing cotton, sewing-room, etc. Special combs., as sewing-machine a machine for sewing or stitching, esp. in dressmaking etc.