Word Meanings - SEAMSTRESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.

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• WHOSESOEVER
  The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
• OCCUPATION
  1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant. 2. That which occupies or engages the time
• WOMANLY
  Becoming a woman; feminine; as, womanly behavior. Arbuthnot. A blushing, womanly discovering grace. Donne.
• NEEDLEWOMAN
  A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.
• WOMANHEAD; WOMANHEDE
  Womanhood. Chaucer.
• WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
  An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work.
• SEWE
  To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer.
• WHOSE
  The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.
• SEWAGE
  1. The contents of a sewer or drain; refuse liquids or matter carried off by sewers 2. Sewerage, 2.
• SEW
  Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. Gower. I will not tell of their strange sewes. Chaucer.
• WOMANHOOD
  1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character or qualities of a woman, or of womankind. Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. Spenser. Perhaps the smile and the tender tone Came out of her pitying womanhood. Tennyson. 2.
• SEWELLEL
  A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent , native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above,
• SEWERAGE
  1. The construction of a sewer or sewers. 2. The system of sewers in a city, town, etc.; the general drainage of a city or town by means of sewers.
• SEWEL
  A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place. Halliwell.
• WOMANIZE
  To make like a woman; to make effeminate. V. Knox.
• WOMANLIKE
  Like a woman; womanly. Womanlike, taking revenge too deep. Tennyson.
• WOMANLESS
  Without a woman or women.
• SEWSTER
  A seamstress. B. Jonson.
• WOMAN
  1. To act the part of a woman in; -- with indefinite it. Daniel. 2. To make effeminate or womanish. Shak. 3. To furnish with, or unite to, a woman. "To have him see me woman'd." Shak.
• SEWER
  A drain or passage to carry off water and filth under ground; a subterraneous channel, particularly in cities. (more info) derivative of aqua water; cf. OF. essevour a drain, essever, esseuwer, essiaver, to cause to flow, to drain, to flow, LL.
• AIRWOMAN
  A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
• BRUISEWORT
  A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• ENGLISHWOMAN
  Fem. of Englishman. Shak.
• UNWOMAN
  To deprive of the qualities of a woman; to unsex. R. Browning.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• NOBLEWOMAN
  A female of noble rank; a peeress.
• HOUSEWIFE
  A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for 3. A hussy. Shak. Sailor's housewife, a ditty-bag. (more info) 1. The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household. Shak. He a good husband, a good
• ELSEWISE
  Otherwise.
• BONDSWOMAN
  See BONDWOMAN
• HOUSEWARMING
  A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.
• DAIRYWOMAN
  A woman who attends to a dairy.
• HOUSEWIFELY
  Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent. A good sort of woman, ladylike and housewifely. Sir W. Scott.
• GENTLEWOMAN
  1. A woman of good family or of good breeding; a woman above the vulgar. Bacon. 2. A woman who attends a lady of high rank. Shak.
• HORSEWORM
  The larva of a botfly.
• HERDSWOMAN
  A woman who tends a herd. Sir W. Scott.