Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SEWING
sewing, stitching
(noun) joining or attaching by stitches
sewing, stitchery
(noun) needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; “she put her sewing back in the basket”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
sewing
present participle of sew
Etymology 2
Noun
sewing (countable and uncountable, plural sewings)
The action of the verb to sew.
Something that is being or has been sewn.
Anagrams
• Winges, swinge, winges
Source: Wiktionary
Sew"ing, n.
1. The act or occupation of one who sews.
2. That which is sewed with the needle. Sewing horse (Harness making), a clamp, operated by the foot, for holding pieces of leather while being sewed.
– Sewing machine, a machine for sewing or stitching.
– Sewing press, or Sewing table (Bookbinding), a fixture or table having a frame in which are held the cords to which the back edges of folded sheets are sewed to form a book.
SEW
Sew, n.Etym: [OE. See Sewer household officer.]
Definition: Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.
Sew, v. t. Etym: [See Sue to follow.]
Definition: To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Sew, v. t. [imp. Sewed; p. p. Sewed, rarely Sewn (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sewing.] Etym: [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. siówian, siwian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s, Sw. sy, Dan. sye, Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. siv. sq. root156. Cf. Seam a suture, Suture.]
1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment. Mark ii. 21.
2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.
3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.
Sew, v. i.
Definition: To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.
Sew, v. t. Etym: [sq. root151 b. See Sewer a drain.]
Definition: To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] Tusser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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