Slewest vs Sewest - What's the difference?
slewest | sewest |
(archaic) (sew)
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through (pieces of fabric) in order to join them together.
To use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric in order to join them together.
To enclose by sewing.
As verbs the difference between slewest and sewest
is that slewest is archaic second-person singular of slew lang=en while sewest is archaic second-person singular of sew.sewest
English
Verb
(head)sew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sewen, seowen, sowen, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Verb
- 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 sew money into a bag
