sewer (ew as u) (1)

[Eng. sew (1), v.; -er.] An officer who served up a feast, arranged the dishes, and provided water for the hands of the guests. "Their task the busy sewers ply, And all is mirth and revelry.' 2. To fasten with a needle and thread. "No man seweth a piece of new cloth on an old gar- One who sews or uses the needle. Scott : Lay of the Last Minstrel , vi. 6. sew-er (ew asō) (2), s . [Eng. sew (2), v.; -er.] ment."- Mark ii. 21. *3. To mend, to repair. "My bellows to mend, or bowls to sew." Money Masters all Things, p. 98. needle and thread. "A time to rent, and a time to sew ."- Eccles . iii. 7, 1. To sew up: (1) Literally: Courts of Commi ioners of Sewers: (See extract.) (a) To inclose by sewing. " Sew me up in the skirts of it."-Shakesp.: Taming of with jurisdiction to overlook the repairs of seabanks and the Shrew, iv. 3. ( b ) To close or unite by sewing. "The sleeves should be cut out and sewed up again."Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew, iv. 3. (2) Figurat .: To tire out, to exhaust, to finish. ( Stang .) [SEWN-UP.] 2. To be sewed up : To rest on the ground, as a ship when there is not sufficient water for her to float: a ship thus situated is said to be sewed up by the difference between the surface of the water and her floating mark or line. sew (ew as u) (4), *sewe, v . t. & i. [For e e we , from O. Fr. e uier , esuer =to dry, from Lat.exsucco , exsuco to deprive of moisture, to suck the juice from: ex out, and succus =juice, moisture. A. Trans.: To let off the water from; to drain, as a pond for taking the fish. "They spoyled and brake his closures and warynes, and sewyd their pondes and waters, and dyd unto them many displeasures."- Fabyan : Chronicle (an. 1376). B. In trans.: To ooze out. ( Prov .) "Courts of the Commi ioners of Sewers are temporary tribunals, erected by commi ion under the great seal, walls, and the cleansing of public streams, ditches, and other conduits, whereby any waters are carried off, in the county or particular district specified in the commi ion In modern times powers similar to those pos sex age sima