Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sewed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sew \Sew\, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si['o]wian,
s[=i]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye,
Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. ????,
Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.]
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sewed
adj : fastened with stitches [syn: {sewn}, {stitched}]


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