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That which is sewed with the needle. Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed. -- Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching. -- Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to whi…

One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.

Having a "goosewing."

mething attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.).

Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.

e or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.

A kind of embroidery made with a complicated sewing machine, said to have been originally invented by a Frenchman of the name of Bonnaz. The work is done either in freehand or by following a perforated design.

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.

A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.

The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.

n, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.

An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

A needle for sewing up wounds.

The operation of sewing up wounds of the abdomen. Quincy.

e trade it is to make or sell gloves. Glover's suture or stitch, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward.

An attachment to a sewing machine, for turning under the edge of a piece of fabric, preparatory to stitching it down.

A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] P. Skelton.

A case for sewing materials. See Housewife. Cowper.

, ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] Shelton. -- Kettle stitch (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at the head and tail of a book. Knight.