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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 5

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. Mark ii. 21.

2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 5

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] Tusser.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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