Sew
Sew , noun
[Old English See Sewer household officer.]
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obsolete] — Gower
I will not tell of their strange sewes.
Sew , transitive verb
[See Sue to follow.]
To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obsolete] — Chaucer. Spenser
Sew , transitive verb
[Old English sewen, sowen, Anglo-Saxon siówian, sīwian; akin to Old High German siuwan, Icelandic s{not transcribed}ja, Swedish sy, Danish sye, Gothic siujan, Lithuanian siuti, Russ, shite, Latin ssuere, Greek {not transcribed}, Sanskrit siv. r156. Compare 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.
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.
Sew , intransitive verb
To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Sew , transitive verb
[r151 b. See Sewer a drain.]
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obsolete] — Tusser