sewer hunter (suerhun"ter)

One who hunts in sewers for articles of value. The mud-larks, the bone-grubbers, and the sewer -hunt Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, I. 5. sewerman (sū'er-man), n.; pl. sewermen (-men). [ sewer3 + man .] A man who works in sew ers. Sewers unhealthy! Look at our stalwart sewermen . N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 191. sewer-rat (sū'ér-rat), n. The ordinary gray or brown Norway rat, Mus decuman as : so called as living in sewers. The sewer - rat is the common brown or Han over i an rat, said by the Jacobites to have come in with the first George, and established itself after the fashion of his royal family. Mayhew , London Labour and London Poor, II. 489. sewin, sewen (su'in, -en), n. [ sewyn , a grayling, sewin.] The scurf, Salmo trutta cam bricus. Sewin ... are the very best fish I catch. IMG:content-0743.jpg:[ocr errors] 2 IMG:content-0744.jpg:[ocr errors] IMG:content-0745.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] at h, i, spring which opens the jaws when not pulled together by e; &, ratch which g engages to hold the jaws together. See suingly. sewing-machine (sō'ing-ma-shēn"), n. 1. A machine for stitching fabrics, operated by foot or other power. The sewing-machine is the outgrowth of a very great number of experiments and inventions made in France, England, and the United States, and first culminating practically in the machine invented by Elias Howe. It was developed through the simple type of machine using a needle which pa es through the fabric-a IMG:content-0746.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] IMG:content-0747.png:[blocks in formation] pre er-foot; 1, needle-bar; m, spool-pin; n, shuttle-pitman taking motion from crank o; p, shuttle bell-crank; 9. shuttle-carrier and shuttle; r, thread-guide; 8, tension disk; t, drawers. In fig. 3 a is the body of shuttle for the same machine; b, the tension-spring; e, the bobbin. In figs. 4 and 5 (Wheeler and Wilson machine) a is the frame; b, shaft-crank which rocks the hook-shaft e, receiving its motion from the double crank on the upper shaft e ' in the arm g through the shaft-connection c; d, band-wheel turned by a band (not shown) from a wheel on a treadle-shaft below the table; f, feed-cam; h, feed-bar; i, bobbin-case; j, rotating hook which is at IMG:content-0748.png:[blocks in formation] C Fig. 3. 5535 ity the looper g; l, vertically reciprocating needle-bar; n, needle-bar nut which clamps the needle in the needle-bar, both parts being moved together by the rock-lever p, pivoted by the lever-stud z and having its shorter end connected with the crank on shaft b by the connecting-rod z'; m, pre er-foot attached to the vertically movable pre er-bar q, which is raised by the lifter r; o, needle-bar screw; 8, take-up, through which and through the pull-off u (a hole in the side of the lever p ) the thread pa es from a spool on the spool-pin holder w when the machine is working; v, spool-pin; z, automatic tension, under the cap of which the thread is pa ed on its way from the spool to the pull-off; y, tension-rod; t, embroidery-spring, used only in embroidering, in which work the thread is also pa ed through its loop; z, ball-joint connecting the rod z " with the lever p; 2 ", cap. See also cuts under pre er - foot. 2. In bookbinding, a machine used for sewing together the sections of a book. - Hand sewing machine. (a) A form of sewing-machine having pivoted jaws working like sci ors, one part containing the bobbin and looping-hook, and the other the needle. There are various forms. (b) A small sewing-machine operated by hand.-Sewing-machine gage, a device connected with a sewing-machine for guiding the fabric to the needle in a direction parallel with the edge, hem, etc., at the will of the operator.- Sewing-machine hook, in the mechanism of a sewing-machine, a device by which the needle thread is caught and opened beneath the work, so as to form a loop, through which the next stitch is pa ed.Sewing-machine needle, a needle used in a sewing-machine. These needles differ widely in size, form, etc., but agree in having the eye near the point.