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Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

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  1. n. Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.
  2. v. t. To follow; to pursue; to sue.
  3. v. t. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.
  4. v. t. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
  5. v. t. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
  6. v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
  7. v. t. To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
  8. v. fasten by sewing; do needlework
  9. v. create (clothes) with cloth
  10. Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer. To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser. 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. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread. To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] Tusser.
  11. Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower.I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.
  12. v:100 v. fasten by sewing; do needlework v. create (clothes) with cloth