Sevres (savr)

[ serving to frame medallion pictures. sevum (sē'vum), n. [NL., sewl (sō), v.; pret. sewed, pp. sewed or sewn, ppr. sewing. [Early mod. E. also sow (in accordance with the pronunciation sõ, the proper historical spelling being sew, pron. su; cf. shew, now written show, pron. shō), It. cucire, cuscire = Sp. Pg. coser, cusir = Pr. coser, cuzir = F. cou dre, sew) = OBulg. * sjuti, shit i = Serv. Bohem. shit i Pol.szyc = Ru . shit i = Lith. siuti = Lett. shut = Skt. ✔ siv, sew. From the Teut. root are ult. seam1, seamster, seamstre , etc.; from the L. are ult. suture, consute, con sutile, etc.; from the Skt., sutra. The historical form of the pp. is sewed; the collateral form sewn is modern, due, as in shown, worn, and other cases, to conformation with participles historically strong, as sown, blown, etc.] I. trans. 1. To unite, join, or attach by means of a thread, twine, wire, or other flexible material, with or without the aid of a needle, awl, or other tool. The wounde to sewe fast he began to spede, And they yet say that the stytches brake. ... Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. 45. Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt. Hood, Song of the Shirt. Sewed flexible, noting a book with unsawed sections, on the back of which the cro -bands are placed, projecting outward, giving more flexibility. - Sewed on bands, noting a book on the back of which bands of tape or strips of parchment are used instead of twine. - Sewed on false bands, noting a book sewed on bands that are drawn out after the sewing has been done. -Sewed on sunk bands, noting a book that has its bands of twine sunk in the grooves made by saw-cuts in the backs of the sections.Sewn all along, noting a book sewed the whole length of the back. To be sewed, or sewed up. (a) Naut., to rest upon the ground, as a ship, when there is not sufficient depth of water to float her. A ship thus situated is said to be sewed, or sewed up, by as much as is the difference between the surface of the water and her floating-mark or -line. Also spelled sue in this sense. (b) Το be brought to a standstill; be ruined or overwhelmed. [Slang.] Here's Mr. Vinkle reg'larly sewed up vith desperation. Dickens , Pickwick, xl. (c) To be intoxicated. [Slang.] He. had twice had Sir Rumble Tumble (the noble driver of the Flash-o'-lightning-light-four-inside-post coach) up to his place, and took care to tell you that some of the party were pretty considerably sewn up too. Thackeray, Shabby Genteel Story, i. To sew up. (a) To secure or fasten within some enveloping fabric or substance by means of stitches. (b) To close or unite by sewing: as, to sew up a rent. I commanded the sleeves should be cut out and sewed up again. Shak., T. of the S., iv. 3. 148. To sew up one's stocking, to put one to silence; discomfit one; confute one. [Prov. Eng.] At this home thrust Mrs. Wilson was staggered.... "Eh! Mi Lucy," cried she,. "but ye've got a tongue in your head. Ye've sewed up my stocking ." C. Reade, Love me Little, xxvi. II. in trans. 1. To practise sewing; join things by means of stitches. A time to rend, and a time to sew . Eccl. iii. 7. IMG:content-0737.png:[blocks in formation] broth, gravy, ult. E. suet, formerly sewet ); perhaps akin to L. sapo, soap, and to sap a, sap, juice: see soap, sap1, sevum, suet. Some confusion with these OF. forms may have occurred. Cf. W. sewion, gravy, juice, jelly.] Juice; broth; gravy; hence, a pottage; a made dish. Fele kyn fischez,.. Summe sothen [boiled] sum me in sewe , sauered with spyces. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 892. I wol nat tellen of her strange sewes , Chaucer, Squire's Tale, 1. 59. Droppe not thi brest with seew & other potage. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. sew3 (sū), v. [ E. dial. a ue, drained, as a cow), = Pr. eisugar, e ugar, echucar, is sugar = Sp. enjugar = Pg. enxugar = It. asciug are, Rather breake a statute which is but penall then sew a pond that maye be perpetuall. Lyly , Euphues and his England, p. 414. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary sew 2t. In falconry, to wipe: said of a hawk that cleans its beak. Berners. ( Hall i well.) 5534 with the service of the table, especially a head servant or upper servant in such a capacity. To be a sewere y wold y hed the connynge; The town sinke, the common sew . Nomenclator (ed. 1585), p. 391. ( Skeat .)