%sew%

n. A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussée, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading. ] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other way Satan went down
The causey to Hell-gate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. dasewen, daswen; cf. AS. dysegian to be foolish. ] To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. [ Obs. ] Chauscer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. To some, or any, other place; as, you will have to go elsewhither for it. R. of Gloucester. “For elsewhither was I bound.” Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Otherwise. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the great military roads constructed by the Romans in England and other parts of Europe; -- so called from the fosse or ditch on each side for keeping it dry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) (a) Having a “goosewing.” (b) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A low hardy much-branched spiny shrub (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) common in alkaline soils of Western America.
Syn. -- black greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. sewn by hand rather than machine.
Syn. -- handstitched. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A heronshaw. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A composite plant (Erigeron Canadensis), which is a common weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A whip for horses. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To flog or chastise with a horsewhip. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Horsewomen A woman who rides on horseback. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A West Indian tree (Calliandra latifolia) with showy, crimson blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The larva of a botfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ House + wife. Cf. Hussy. ] 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He a good husband, a good housewife she. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. ety>[ See Hussy, in this sense. ] A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [ Written also huswife. ] P. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A hussy. [ R. ] [ Usually written huswife. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag.

a. Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To manage with skill and economy, as a housewife or other female manager; to economize. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A builder of houses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any species of Pedicularis, a genus of perennial herbs. It was said to make sheep that fed on it lousy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yellow lousewort, a plant of the genus Rhinanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum). (b) Leatherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. sewn together with overhand stitches (close vertical stitches that pass over and draw the two edges together.)
Syn. -- overhand. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From American Indian. ] (Bot.) A low evergreen plant (Chimaphila umbellata), with narrow, wedge-lanceolate leaves, and an umbel of pretty nodding fragrant blossoms. It has been used in nephritic diseases. Called also prince's pine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being praiseworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera Dalbergia and Machaerium. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the Dalbergia nigra. [ 1913 Webster ]

African rosewood, the wood of the leguminous tree Pterocarpus erinaceus. --
Jamaica rosewood, the wood of two West Indian trees (Amyris balsamifera, and Linocieria ligustrina). --
New South Wales rosewood, the wood of Trichilia glandulosa, a tree related to the margosa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) Roseroot. (b) Any plant nearly related to the rose. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ OE. See Sewer household officer. ] Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Sue to follow. ] To follow; to pursue; to sue. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Sewed p. p. Sewed, rarely Sewn p. pr. & vb. n. Sewing. ] [ OE. sewen, sowen, AS. siówian, sīwian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s&unr_;ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr. siv. √156. Cf. Seam a suture, Suture. ] 1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. Mark ii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ √151 b. See Sewer a drain. ] To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sewerage, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of American Indian origin. ] (Zool.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent (Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout. [ 1913 Webster ]