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Saweth vs Seweth - What's the difference?

saweth | seweth |

As verbs the difference between saweth and seweth

is that saweth is (saw) while seweth is (archaic) (sew).

saweth

English

Verb

(head)
  • (saw)

    • saw

    English

    (wikipedia saw)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) saga, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
  • A musical saw.
  • A sawtooth wave.
    • Derived terms
    * backsaw * band saw, bandsaw * buzz saw * chainsaw * chop saw * circular saw * coping saw * crosscut saw * fretsaw * hacksaw * handsaw * hole saw * Japanese-style handsaw * jigsaw * miter saw, mitre saw * power saw * razor-tooth saw * reciprocating saw * rift saw * rip saw * sawbones * sawhorse * sawtooth * scroll saw * table saw * tenon saw

    Verb

  • To cut (something) with a saw.
  • To make a motion back and forth similar to cutting something with a saw.
    • The fiddler sawed away at his instrument.
  • To be cut with a saw.
    • The timber saws smoothly.
  • To form or produce (something) by cutting with a saw.
    • to saw boards or planks (i.e. to saw logs or timber into boards or planks)
    to saw''' shingles; to '''saw out a panel
    Related terms
    * saw wood

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sawe, from (etyl) sagu, . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) Something spoken; speech, discourse.
  • *, Bk.V:
  • *:And for thy trew sawys , and I may lyve many wynters, there was never no knyght better rewardid.
  • (often old saw ) A saying or proverb.
  • (label) Opinion, idea, belief; by thy ~, in your opinion; commune ~, common opinion; common knowledge; on no ~, by no means.
  • *Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden
  • *:Þe more comoun sawe is þat Remus was i-slawe for he leep ouer þe newe walles of Rome.
  • (label) Proposal, suggestion; possibility.
  • *Earl of Toulouse
  • *:All they assentyd to the sawe ; They thoght he spake reson and lawe.
  • (label) Dictate; command; decree.
  • *Spenser
  • *:[Love] rules the creatures by his powerful saw .
    • Synonyms
    * See also

    Etymology 3

    See see . Cognate with Dutch zag, German sah, Danish .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (see)

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

    * * English irregular simple past forms English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    seweth

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (sew)

    • sew

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sewen, seowen, sowen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Verb

  • To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
    • Balls were first made of grass or leaves held together by strings, and later of pieces of animal skin sewn together and stuffed with feathers or hay.
  • To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
  • To enclose by sewing.
    • to sew money into a bag
    Synonyms
    * stitch

    Etymology 2

    Related to .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.
    • (Tusser)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs