Sew

1. (n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

2. (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.

3. (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

4. (v. t.) To close or stop by sewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

5. (v. t.) To enclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

6. (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

7. (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

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