sewingn.¹

/ˈsəʊɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English seuwingue, Middle English sewinge, Middle English–1500s sowinge, Middle English sawyng, sowenge, soyng, Middle English–1500s sewin, Middle English, 1600s–1700s, sowing, 1500s Scottish schiuine, 1600s soweing, soeing, Middle English– sewing.

Etymology: < sew v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of sew v.¹; the use of a needle and thread; the uniting of pieces of material (etc.) by this means. In Bookbinding: see sew v.¹ 1e.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing

sewingc1290

seama1400

poiningc1450

needle-toil1822

suturation1891

Jewing1901

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing together

sewingc1290

stitching1521

society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > sewing, fastening of leaves

overcasting1835

sewing1835

stitch1835

saddle stitching1890

French sewing1923

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 261/18 With spinningue and with seuwingue hire liflode heo wan.

1428–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 71 The lauendere for a hole ȝere wasshynge & sowenge..ij s.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xiii [A tayller] whiche surmounted alle the other in shapynge or sewynge.

1566 in Fleming Mary Q. of Scots (1897) 506 Item for schiuine and the fassoune and pontis.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 13/3 Sowinge of a wounde is a vnitinge and coupling together of the dissevered partes with a threded needle.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 209 To manage the Needle in Sewing, and the Pen in Writing.

1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia 20 There are various ways of sewing, according to the size and thickness of the sheets of a book.

1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 155 The rise of the tailor's art did not take the constant occupation of sewing out of the hands of women.

1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 332/2 A machine for folding sheets for gathering, sewing and binding.

1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding v. 22 This is the strongest sewing executed at the present day.

1951 L. Town Bookbinding by Hand v. 99 If the sewing is done too tightly the book will be ‘nipped in’ at the kettle-stitches.

b. with prefixed word denoting the kind.

ΚΠ

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 72 Those who were not..wise enough to learn machine-sewing, receive better wages for hand-sewing than they would formerly have done.

2. concrete. Work sewn; materials to be sewn; the stitches or seams of anything.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn

seama1400

sewingc1400

bridling1837

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > materials to be sewn

sewingc1400

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > stitches

sewingc1400

stitching1560

steeking1561

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 143 & þanne bynde þe nose wiþ two bandis..þe toþir schal be leid aboue þat he mowe kepe þe plumaciols, poudre, & þe sowynge.

1565 in Fleming Reform. Scot. (1910) 610 Four coffarris with hir clayis and sewingis.

1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 177 (Near to the Sewing), not at ye Top of ye Page.

1845 M. J. Howell Hand-bk. Dress-making 47 No opportunity should be lost in making the sewing look well.

1865 J. Hatton Bitter Sweets iii Mrs. Grey looked up from her sewing.

3. plural. Sewing thread or silk: see sewing thread n., sewing silk n. at Compounds 1c.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for sewing

sewings1844

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery

sewing silk1480

silks?a1513

buttonhole twist1840

sewings1844

embroidery silk1851

machine twist1863

tailor's twist1873

horsetail1880

rope1880

twist1890

rope embroidery silk1895

1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. vi. 184 Sewings are compound threads of silk, wound, cleaned, doubled and thrown, with especial reference to their ultimate use as sewing-silk.

1853 E. E. Perkins Haberdashery (ed. 8) 24 Cloth Sewings—coarse large skeins for tailors' use.

1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3656 Dyed and polished yarns and sewings.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

sewing card n.

ΚΠ

1887 A. M. Sullivan Let. 20 Mar. in H. Keller Story of my Life (1903) iii. iii. 312 Her father..sees her contentedly stringing her beads or making horizontal lines on her sewing-card.

1961 M. K. Ashby Joseph Ashby vii. 87 Tripping round in action songs..and the sewing cards..certainly made them [sc. the children] happier.

sewing chair n.

ΚΠ

1868 7th Ann. Rep. State Board Agric. Michigan 354 A. Dondero, Detroit..[exhibited] 1 willow ladies' sewing chair.

1978 D. Clark Liberties v. 99 He looked at Mrs. Middleton on the sewing chair.

sewing-room n.

ΚΠ

1852 E. E. Hale If, Yes & Perhaps (1868) 56 I always offered my services in the Sunday-schools and sewing-rooms.

1881 Rep. Indian Affairs 189 In the sewing-room a number of the large girls cut and fit garments.

1978 R. Hill Pinch of Snuff v. 50 We use this as a sewing-room... Alice..makes all our clothes in here.

sewing-work n.

ΚΠ

1840 Defoe's Col. Jack in Misc. Wks. V. 343 She..took up her sewing-work.

b. = employed in sewing or in teaching sewing.

sewing-class n.

ΚΠ

1864 Laycock Lanc. Rhymes 62 We couldn't have an easier job nor goin' to th' sewin' class.

sewing girl n.

ΚΠ

1848 ‘N. Buntline’ Mysteries & Miseries N.Y. 11 What, a little sewing girl, eh?

1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 576 Among the same number of sewing-girls of our great cities.

sewing-maid n.

ΚΠ

1886 York Herald 23 Aug. 1/5 Useful Sewing-maid.

sewing-mistress n.

ΚΠ

1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 75 §3 The term ‘teacher’ includes assistant teacher, pupil teacher, sewing mistress.

sewing-society n.

ΚΠ

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 109 They have among themselves a sewing society to make clothes for the poor.

sewing-woman n.

ΚΠ

1847 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 15 All the sewing women I knew of being unable to come.

c. Of materials used for sewing.

sewing cotton n. (cotton n.¹ 3.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > cotton > sewing cotton

sewing cotton1826

cotton1848

1826 Haberdasher's Guide 13 Coloured Sewing Cottons.

† sewing gold n. Obsolete (gold n.¹ 3a.)

ΚΠ

1534 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 191 Twa gret hankis..sewing gold.

1566 in Fleming Mary Q. of Scots (1897) 505 Item of schiuine gold iiij doubil hankis.

sewing silk n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery

sewing silk1480

silks?a1513

buttonhole twist1840

sewings1844

embroidery silk1851

machine twist1863

tailor's twist1873

horsetail1880

rope1880

twist1890

rope embroidery silk1895

1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 136 Sowing sylk, j lb. ij unces and a quarter.

1621 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 426 Stitching and soeing silke, 4s. 6d.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 190 Trimmings, ribands, sewing-silk, and lining.

sewing silver n. (silver n. 4.)

ΚΠ

1546 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 126 Sewing sylver, to be sawld in punds.

sewing thread n.

ΚΠ

1566 in Fleming Mary Q. of Scots (1897) 499 Four pound of fyne suyng threide.

1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side iv. 247 Scarcely larger than a sewing thread.

sewing worsted n.

ΚΠ

1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 296 Sewing worsett the dozen pound weght thairof.

d. Of contrivances, etc. for holding materials to be sewn.

sewing bird n.

ΚΠ

1857 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 21 Nov. 192/3 (advt.) Gold bracelets, gold pencils, sewing-birds.

1868 in E. E. Hale Ingham Papers (1869) 224 What is the matter with New-Altona? Emily has a very good sewing-bird that was made there.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sewing-bird,..a device for holding the work while sewing... It has assumed many forms, the bird being ornamental and holding the work in its beak.

1949 R. J. Sim Pages from Past 10 Who can say when the ancestor of the sewing bird made its appearance on the edge of the table?

sewing-frame n. (frame n. 7.)

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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > other equipment

backing-board1741

runner1818

sewing-frame1818

trindle1818

laying-press1835

gathering-table1841

gathering-board1874

pressing board1875

lying-press1876

1818 H. Parry Art of Bookbinding 1 Sewing-frame, with brass or iron keys, to fasten the cords or bands.

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 43/1 When taken out of the sewing-frame the fly-leaves are pasted on.

sewing-horse n.

ΚΠ

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sewing-horse, a harness-maker's clamp for holding leather while being sewed.

sewing-press n. (press n.¹ 11b.)

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bookbinding They are then sew'd in the Sewing-Press.

1842 Penny Mag. 24 Sept. 380/2 When the book is taken from the sewing-press, an inch or two of each string is left hanging to it.

sewing table n.

ΚΠ

1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xxi. 199 In her low chair by her sewing-table, sat the young sister.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sewing-table, a table or bench at which signatures of books are sewed to the cords or bands by which they are fastened together, and also secured in the cover.

1924 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Buddenbrooks I. i. 6 There was a sewing-table by the window.

1979 Country Life 27 Sept. (Suppl.) 59/3 Faded mahogany sewing table.

e. Of a gathering for the purpose of sewing.

sewing bee n.

ΚΠ

1862 M. D. Colt Went to Kansas i. 23 Have had two sewing bees; one for the old ladies, and one for the young.

1880 Harper's Mag. Aug. 354/2 There is church twice a month, sewing bees, and apple-butter stirrings.

1885 E. B. Custer Boots & Saddles xii. 125 The ladies quietly arranged, as a surprise, a sewing-bee.

1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxi. 209 Funds are raised in various ways, such as dances, sewing-bees, jam and wood days.

1976 R. Barnard Little Local Murder iii. 35 Mrs. Smith, a woman of no importance who had had a forlorn hope of starting a sewing-bee.

sewing circle n.

ΚΠ

1846 Knickerbocker 27 373 As if I too belonged to a sewing-circle, and read charity sermons.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ii. 18 She managed the village sewing circle.

1880 Harper's Mag. Mar. 577/2 I've attended reg'lar to prayer meetin's and sewin' circle.

1912 L. M. Montgomery Chron. Avonlea ii. 50 The minister's wife..asked her if she wouldn't come to their Sewing Circle.

1979 B. Parvin Deadly Dyke ix. 47 Find out if there's a local sewing circle..in the village.

C2.

sewing-brod n. Scottish a tailor's board.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > place > board

shop board1580

panel1612

sewing-brod1790

board1807

1790 A. Wilson Poems 199 He at the sowing-brod was bred, An' wrought gude Serge an' Tyken.

sewing-clerk n. in the glove trade, a district collector of sewing done by home-workers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making gloves > one who > one who carries out specific process

pointer?1881

sewing-clerk1884

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 May 4/1 The glove-making counties are mapped out into circuits, each of which has its sewing clerk or commercial traveller.

sewing needle n.

ΚΠ

1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 6 Smaller wiers, sowing-needles and such like small waights.

1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 540 I stuck the point of this sewing needle to the lower extremity of a steel magnet.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 144 If a common steel sewing needle be substituted for the iron [etc.].

† sewing-rope n. Obsolete ? some kind of rope used for scaffolding.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of

warp1296

sewing-rope1336

viring-rope1336

wardrope1338

bast1357

breast rope1412

balk-line1506

waterline1626

shank1706

selvage1711

shroud hawser1744

white line1747

selvagee1750

cringle1787

staple-rope1794

bracing-rope1827

selvage-stropc1860

soga1860

four-cant1867

toggle-lanyard1874

maguey1908

snorter1950

snotter1950

1336 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer 19/31 m. 4 Sewenge rope [made of skin (pelle)].

1500–18 Extracts Bk. Building Louth Steeple (modernized text) in Archaeologia (1792) 10 74 Paid to Robert Beverley for 6 bunch sewing rope.

sewing school n.

ΚΠ

1809 Sporting Mag. 33 281 The sewing-school, the pastry-school, were then essential branches of female education.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sewing
释义	sewingn.¹ /ˈsəʊɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English seuwingue, Middle English sewinge, Middle English–1500s sowinge, Middle English sawyng, sowenge, soyng, Middle English–1500s sewin, Middle English, 1600s–1700s, sowing, 1500s Scottish schiuine, 1600s soweing, soeing, Middle English– sewing. Etymology: < sew v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of sew v.¹; the use of a needle and thread; the uniting of pieces of material (etc.) by this means. In Bookbinding: see sew v.¹ 1e. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing sewingc1290 seama1400 poiningc1450 needle-toil1822 suturation1891 Jewing1901 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing together sewingc1290 stitching1521 society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [noun] > sewing, fastening of leaves overcasting1835 sewing1835 stitch1835 saddle stitching1890 French sewing1923 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. 261/18 With spinningue and with seuwingue hire liflode heo wan. 1428–9 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 71 The lauendere for a hole ȝere wasshynge & sowenge..ij s. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xiii [A tayller] whiche surmounted alle the other in shapynge or sewynge. 1566 in Fleming Mary Q. of Scots (1897) 506 Item for schiuine and the fassoune and pontis. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 13/3 Sowinge of a wounde is a vnitinge and coupling together of the dissevered partes with a threded needle. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 209 To manage the Needle in Sewing, and the Pen in Writing. 1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia 20 There are various ways of sewing, according to the size and thickness of the sheets of a book. 1872 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce 155 The rise of the tailor's art did not take the constant occupation of sewing out of the hands of women. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 332/2 A machine for folding sheets for gathering, sewing and binding. 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding v. 22 This is the strongest sewing executed at the present day. 1951 L. Town Bookbinding by Hand v. 99 If the sewing is done too tightly the book will be ‘nipped in’ at the kettle-stitches. b. with prefixed word denoting the kind. ΚΠ 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 72 Those who were not..wise enough to learn machine-sewing, receive better wages for hand-sewing than they would formerly have done. 2. concrete. Work sewn; materials to be sewn; the stitches or seams of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn seama1400 sewingc1400 bridling1837 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > materials to be sewn sewingc1400 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > sewing or work sewn > stitch > stitches sewingc1400 stitching1560 steeking1561 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 143 & þanne bynde þe nose wiþ two bandis..þe toþir schal be leid aboue þat he mowe kepe þe plumaciols, poudre, & þe sowynge. 1565 in Fleming Reform. Scot. (1910) 610 Four coffarris with hir clayis and sewingis. 1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 177 (Near to the Sewing), not at ye Top of ye Page. 1845 M. J. Howell Hand-bk. Dress-making 47 No opportunity should be lost in making the sewing look well. 1865 J. Hatton Bitter Sweets iii Mrs. Grey looked up from her sewing. 3. plural. Sewing thread or silk: see sewing thread n., sewing silk n. at Compounds 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > for sewing sewings1844 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery sewing silk1480 silks?a1513 buttonhole twist1840 sewings1844 embroidery silk1851 machine twist1863 tailor's twist1873 horsetail1880 rope1880 twist1890 rope embroidery silk1895 1844 G. Dodd Textile Manuf. Great Brit. vi. 184 Sewings are compound threads of silk, wound, cleaned, doubled and thrown, with especial reference to their ultimate use as sewing-silk. 1853 E. E. Perkins Haberdashery (ed. 8) 24 Cloth Sewings—coarse large skeins for tailors' use. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 3656 Dyed and polished yarns and sewings. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. sewing card n. ΚΠ 1887 A. M. Sullivan Let. 20 Mar. in H. Keller Story of my Life (1903) iii. iii. 312 Her father..sees her contentedly stringing her beads or making horizontal lines on her sewing-card. 1961 M. K. Ashby Joseph Ashby vii. 87 Tripping round in action songs..and the sewing cards..certainly made them [sc. the children] happier. sewing chair n. ΚΠ 1868 7th Ann. Rep. State Board Agric. Michigan 354 A. Dondero, Detroit..[exhibited] 1 willow ladies' sewing chair. 1978 D. Clark Liberties v. 99 He looked at Mrs. Middleton on the sewing chair. sewing-room n. ΚΠ 1852 E. E. Hale If, Yes & Perhaps (1868) 56 I always offered my services in the Sunday-schools and sewing-rooms. 1881 Rep. Indian Affairs 189 In the sewing-room a number of the large girls cut and fit garments. 1978 R. Hill Pinch of Snuff v. 50 We use this as a sewing-room... Alice..makes all our clothes in here. sewing-work n. ΚΠ 1840 Defoe's Col. Jack in Misc. Wks. V. 343 She..took up her sewing-work. b. = employed in sewing or in teaching sewing. sewing-class n. ΚΠ 1864 Laycock Lanc. Rhymes 62 We couldn't have an easier job nor goin' to th' sewin' class. sewing girl n. ΚΠ 1848 ‘N. Buntline’ Mysteries & Miseries N.Y. 11 What, a little sewing girl, eh? 1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 576 Among the same number of sewing-girls of our great cities. sewing-maid n. ΚΠ 1886 York Herald 23 Aug. 1/5 Useful Sewing-maid. sewing-mistress n. ΚΠ 1870 Act 33 & 34 Victoria c. 75 §3 The term ‘teacher’ includes assistant teacher, pupil teacher, sewing mistress. sewing-society n. ΚΠ 1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 109 They have among themselves a sewing society to make clothes for the poor. sewing-woman n. ΚΠ 1847 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 15 All the sewing women I knew of being unable to come. c. Of materials used for sewing. sewing cotton n. (cotton n.¹ 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > cotton > sewing cotton sewing cotton1826 cotton1848 1826 Haberdasher's Guide 13 Coloured Sewing Cottons. † sewing gold n. Obsolete (gold n.¹ 3a.) ΚΠ 1534 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 191 Twa gret hankis..sewing gold. 1566 in Fleming Mary Q. of Scots (1897) 505 Item of schiuine gold iiij doubil hankis. sewing silk n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > silk > for sewing or embroidery sewing silk1480 silks?a1513 buttonhole twist1840 sewings1844 embroidery silk1851 machine twist1863 tailor's twist1873 horsetail1880 rope1880 twist1890 rope embroidery silk1895 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 136 Sowing sylk, j lb. ij unces and a quarter. 1621 in A. J. Kempe Losely MSS (1836) 426 Stitching and soeing silke, 4s. 6d. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 190 Trimmings, ribands, sewing-silk, and lining. sewing silver n. (silver n. 4.) ΚΠ 1546 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 126 Sewing sylver, to be sawld in punds. sewing thread n. ΚΠ 1566 in Fleming Mary Q. of Scots (1897) 499 Four pound of fyne suyng threide. 1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side iv. 247 Scarcely larger than a sewing thread. sewing worsted n. ΚΠ 1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 296 Sewing worsett the dozen pound weght thairof. d. Of contrivances, etc. for holding materials to be sewn. sewing bird n. ΚΠ 1857 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 21 Nov. 192/3 (advt.) Gold bracelets, gold pencils, sewing-birds. 1868 in E. E. Hale Ingham Papers (1869) 224 What is the matter with New-Altona? Emily has a very good sewing-bird that was made there. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sewing-bird,..a device for holding the work while sewing... It has assumed many forms, the bird being ornamental and holding the work in its beak. 1949 R. J. Sim Pages from Past 10 Who can say when the ancestor of the sewing bird made its appearance on the edge of the table? sewing-frame n. (frame n. 7.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > other equipment backing-board1741 runner1818 sewing-frame1818 trindle1818 laying-press1835 gathering-table1841 gathering-board1874 pressing board1875 lying-press1876 1818 H. Parry Art of Bookbinding 1 Sewing-frame, with brass or iron keys, to fasten the cords or bands. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 43/1 When taken out of the sewing-frame the fly-leaves are pasted on. sewing-horse n. ΚΠ 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sewing-horse, a harness-maker's clamp for holding leather while being sewed. sewing-press n. (press n.¹ 11b.) ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Bookbinding They are then sew'd in the Sewing-Press. 1842 Penny Mag. 24 Sept. 380/2 When the book is taken from the sewing-press, an inch or two of each string is left hanging to it. sewing table n. ΚΠ 1863 A. D. T. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlhood xxi. 199 In her low chair by her sewing-table, sat the young sister. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Sewing-table, a table or bench at which signatures of books are sewed to the cords or bands by which they are fastened together, and also secured in the cover. 1924 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Buddenbrooks I. i. 6 There was a sewing-table by the window. 1979 Country Life 27 Sept. (Suppl.) 59/3 Faded mahogany sewing table. e. Of a gathering for the purpose of sewing. sewing bee n. ΚΠ 1862 M. D. Colt Went to Kansas i. 23 Have had two sewing bees; one for the old ladies, and one for the young. 1880 Harper's Mag. Aug. 354/2 There is church twice a month, sewing bees, and apple-butter stirrings. 1885 E. B. Custer Boots & Saddles xii. 125 The ladies quietly arranged, as a surprise, a sewing-bee. 1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xxi. 209 Funds are raised in various ways, such as dances, sewing-bees, jam and wood days. 1976 R. Barnard Little Local Murder iii. 35 Mrs. Smith, a woman of no importance who had had a forlorn hope of starting a sewing-bee. sewing circle n. ΚΠ 1846 Knickerbocker 27 373 As if I too belonged to a sewing-circle, and read charity sermons. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career ii. 18 She managed the village sewing circle. 1880 Harper's Mag. Mar. 577/2 I've attended reg'lar to prayer meetin's and sewin' circle. 1912 L. M. Montgomery Chron. Avonlea ii. 50 The minister's wife..asked her if she wouldn't come to their Sewing Circle. 1979 B. Parvin Deadly Dyke ix. 47 Find out if there's a local sewing circle..in the village. C2. sewing-brod n. Scottish a tailor's board. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > place > board shop board1580 panel1612 sewing-brod1790 board1807 1790 A. Wilson Poems 199 He at the sowing-brod was bred, An' wrought gude Serge an' Tyken. sewing-clerk n. in the glove trade, a district collector of sewing done by home-workers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making other clothing > [noun] > making gloves > one who > one who carries out specific process pointer?1881 sewing-clerk1884 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 May 4/1 The glove-making counties are mapped out into circuits, each of which has its sewing clerk or commercial traveller. sewing needle n. ΚΠ 1613 M. Ridley Short Treat. Magneticall Bodies 6 Smaller wiers, sowing-needles and such like small waights. 1780 Philos. Trans. 1779 (Royal Soc.) 69 540 I stuck the point of this sewing needle to the lower extremity of a steel magnet. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xx. 144 If a common steel sewing needle be substituted for the iron [etc.]. † sewing-rope n. Obsolete ? some kind of rope used for scaffolding. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of warp1296 sewing-rope1336 viring-rope1336 wardrope1338 bast1357 breast rope1412 balk-line1506 waterline1626 shank1706 selvage1711 shroud hawser1744 white line1747 selvagee1750 cringle1787 staple-rope1794 bracing-rope1827 selvage-stropc1860 soga1860 four-cant1867 toggle-lanyard1874 maguey1908 snorter1950 snotter1950 1336 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer 19/31 m. 4 Sewenge rope [made of skin (pelle)]. 1500–18 Extracts Bk. Building Louth Steeple (modernized text) in Archaeologia (1792) 10 74 Paid to Robert Beverley for 6 bunch sewing rope. sewing school n. ΚΠ 1809 Sporting Mag. 33 281 The sewing-school, the pastry-school, were then essential branches of female education. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † sewingn.² Etymology: < sew v.² + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. The action of a sewer; the arrangement of the guests and serving up of dishes or courses. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] servingc1425 sewinga1483 the service of the table1588 ushering1598 dishing1679 helping1824 waiterage1849 waitering1862 a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 37 The manner of sewing of dishes at the dressour. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. Biv^v The sewynge of fysshe... To goo to sewynge of fysshe muscalade menewes in sewe [etc.]. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.iv Here foloweth sewynge of flesshe. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.iv^v The borde of sewynge. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. B.vi^v Here endeth the boke of seruyce and keruynge and sewynge. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. x. 403 Dinner and supper was served in with all accustomed ceremonies, as sewing, water, grace, carving, say taking, &c. 1812 R. Southey Omniana II. cxcvi. 71 The terms of carving and sewing.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). sewingadj. Etymology: < sew v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsewing. That sews. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [adjective] > sewing sewing1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. ii. 346 The fair sewing fingers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹c1290n.²a1483adj.1837
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