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ˈprick-seam
[f. prick n. or v. + seam.]
A particular stitch used in glove-sewing. Also attrib. and comb., as prick-seam sewer, prick-seam sewing.
1632B. Jonson Magn. Lady iv. i, With your Prick-seam, and through-stitch. 1635Roxb. Ballads VII. 142 If that a Glover marrys me, part of his Trade I know, Whether it plain or prick-seam be, that makes the braver show. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 599 Adapted for what are called ‘drawn sewing, and prick-seam sewing’. 1884Pall Mall G. 16 May 4/2 Around Torrington, in Devon, for instance, are the best prick-seam sewers in the country.
Hence ˈprick-seamed a., sewn with prick-seam.
1624in Archæologia XV. 161 Item for a pare prick seamed gloves 0. 1. 4. 1635T. Cranley Amanda xlv. 31 White prick-seam'd Gloves of Kid, full many a paire. |