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Definition of Sewings
1. sewing [n] - See also: sewing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewings
Literary usage of Sewings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silk Goods of America: A Brief Account of the Recent Improvements and by William Cornelius Wyckoff, Silk Association of America (1880)
"Improvements have been made from time to time in the machinery for producing
sewings and twist. Of these we can only offer a brief notice, since a technical ..."
2. The Silk Question Settled ... Report of the Proceedings of the National (1844)
"A sample of reeled silks and sewings, which I sent to the National Gallery at
Washington last year, has been complimented as being equal to any in the world ..."
3. American Silk Manufacture by William Cornelius Wyckoff (1887)
"The average value of the sewings and twist made was, in Connecticut, ... While the
business of making sewings and twist had risen in 1860 to nearly thrice ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1840)
"By the present tariff, the only manufactured silk chargeable with duty, from
Europe, is the sewings, which pay 28 per cent., and which enables American ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1840)
"By the present tariff, the only manufactured silk chargeable with duty, from
Europe, is the sewings, which pay 28 per cent, and which enables American ..."
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