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A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.

Stench trap, a contrivance to prevent stench or foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.

r long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.

ental button of various forms, worn in a shirt front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place, but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and transferable.

Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.

The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam.

A narrow silk ribbon, or the like, sewed to a book to be put between the leaves.

A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.

A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.

evated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like.

es of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion. South. Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds. Burke. This undistinguishing complaisance…

Substances collected and deposited by the action of water; as, the wash of a sewer, of a river, etc. The wash of pastures, fields, commons, and roads, where rain water hath a long time settled. Mortimer.

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it; as;

A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.]