| 单词 | work of seam |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswork of seam 9. [Compare Old Norse saumar plural; also Old English séamere tailor.] Sewing, needlework; also in †work of seam. white seam, plain needlework. Obsolete exc. dialect. 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 manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing sewingc1290 seama1400 poiningc1450 needle-toil1822 suturation1891 Jewing1901 a1400 Octouian 1865 Y dwellede yn Jerusalem With kyng and quene, And taught her maydenys werk of sem. 1581 Nicol Burne's Disput. 189 b From threid, seyme, and neidil, To danse at the feidil. 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie i. iii. sig. B It is you that goe about to match your [printed my] girle with my boy, shee beeing more fit for seames than for marriage. 1738 in Fasti Aberd. (1854) 447 The want of an accomplished gentlewoman for teaching white and coloured seam. a1796 R. Burns Poems & ongs (1968) I. 278 Gae mind your seam, ye prick the louse. 1818 S. E. Ferrier Marriage I. xiv. 188 With..a large work-bag well stuffed with white-seam, she took her place. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. v. 123 Citoyennes who bring their seam with them, or their knitting-needles. 1882 Harper's Mag. June 117 He asked her to put down her seam, and come for a walk. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。