See Also: cloop(dictionary)

sewing (iou) and cloop (iou)


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.

cloop (iou)



cloop noun & verb intrans. [klu:p] M19.
[Imit.]
(Make) a muted popping sound, as of a cork being drawn from a bottle.