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Tatting :: Tatting (n.) A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch..

Palm :: Palm (n.) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc..

Enterorrhaphy :: Enterorrhaphy (n.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal.

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, etc.)..

Sewing :: Sewing (n.) That which is sewed with the needle.

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

Shuttle :: Shuttle (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch..

Housewife :: Housewife (n.) A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy..

Sewing :: Sewing (n.) The act or occupation of one who sews.

Take-up :: Take-up (n.) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch..

Marker :: Marker (n.) An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.

Goosewinged :: Goosewinged (a.) Said of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with foresail set on one side and mainsail on the other; wing and wing.

Unsew :: Unsew (v. t.) To undo, as something sewn, or something inclosed by sewing; to rip apart; to take out the stitches of..

Seam :: Seam (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

Seamstress :: Seamstress (n.) A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.

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

Chain Stitch :: Chain stitch () An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery..

Bobbin :: Bobbin (n.) A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc..

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..

Feller :: Feller (n.) An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.

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