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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Sewing, vbl. n.³ [ME siwinge (1297), suynge (Wyclif), sewynge (Piers Plowman); Sew(e v.] The action of pursuing, striving after, in sense 3 of Sew(e v. —a1500 Quare Jel. 529.
Be thine euill ymaginacioun In sewing thingis the quhich that bene unknewe