Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sew up, as a rent, by drawing the edges of the fabric together with a fine thread, in such a manner as to restore the pattern if there is any. See
finedrawing . - To draw out to extreme fineness, as wire: commonly in the past participle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
sew up so finely that theseam is not visible; torenter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sew together very finely
Etymologies
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fine + draw
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Examples
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"But the other would show worse," said the widow; "and if you finedraw it, not one person in ten will notice it.
Can You Forgive Her? Anthony Trollope 1848
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