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Lock Stitch :: Lock stitch () A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch..

Baste :: Baste (v. t.) To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly..

Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..

Housewarming :: Housewarming (n.) A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises.

Brigandine :: Brigandine (n.) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages..

Needle :: Needle (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing..

Yarn :: Yarn (n.) Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting, manufacturing sewing thread, or the like..

Heronsew :: Heronsew (n.) A heronshaw.

Patch :: Patch (v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat..

Flounce :: Flounce (n.) An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging..

Boomer :: Boomer (n.) A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel..

Causeyed :: Causeyed (a.) Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved.

Quinoa :: Quinoa (n.) The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made..

Pipsissewa :: Pipsissewa (n.) 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..

Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection..

Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

Sewerage :: Sewerage (n.) The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers..

Backwater :: Backwater (n.) Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar..

Horseworm :: Horseworm (n.) The larva of a botfly.

Peal :: Peal (n.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.

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