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

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