sewing machinen.

Etymology: sewing n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsewing-maˌchine.

1. A machine designed to perform the operation of sewing. Frequently attributive as sewing-machine oil.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine

sewing machine1847

1847 Artizan Mar. 65/1 Sewing Machine. A new machine for sewing has recently been invented [etc.].

1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 457 I thought very little of it [sc. Cleopatra's Needle],..after having seen the sewing-machine in London.

1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 411 Two pieces of waterproof cloth, sewn together by the sewing-machine.

attributive.1862 N.Y. Evening Post 4 Sept. in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1863) V. i. 70/2 Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of the sewing-machine needle, was a private in this regiment.1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School ii. 43 The nice half-dozens of pretty underclothes came home from the sewing-machine woman's.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 315/1 A bobbin for sewing-machine shuttles.1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 262/3 See Index for Sewing Machine Oil.1977 A. Scholefield Venom v. 205 He found a can of..sewing-machine oil and squirted it into the lock.

2. Bookbinding. (See quot. 1880.)

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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > machines

arming press1832

smasher1876

smashing-machinea1877

backing-machine1879

sewing machine1880

wire-stitcher1882

bumper1951

smashing-press-

1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 176 Sewing-machine, a recent invention for the sewing of books with wire instead of thread.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Designating a musical instrument whose operation resembles the action of a sewing machine.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > other attributes

rural1592

unstringed1597

unstrung1598

keyed1761

fingerable1818

keyless1830

omnitonic1861

solo1862

sewing machine1874

unplayed1875

original1899

electrified1938

melodic1938

analogue1976

acoustic1978

1874 J. Codman Mormon Country viii. 80 I found the solitary musician seated at one of those sewing-machine ‘melodeons’, and grinding out the Missionary hymn.

C2. figurative. Of rhythm: precise, regular, inexpressive.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > type of rhythm

well-modulated1721

zoppa1740

bright1872

polymetric1878

swinging1884

ragtime1896

ragtimey1901

polymetrical1908

foot-tapping1915

toe-tapping1929

swingy1933

sewing machine1934

rocking1935

ricky-tick1939

raggedy1949

ricky-ticky1949

beaty1956

square1958

polymetred1966

head-nodding1967

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 247 Bach's sewing-machine counterpoint.

1974 Early Music 2 119/2 His purpose is to counter the ‘sewing-machine’ style of playing Bach by the ‘purists’.

Derivatives

ˈsewing maˌchinist n.

ΘΚΠ

hemmer1483

baster1854

machinist1879

sewing machinist?1881

whipper?1881

machiner1888

tucker1905

Blake-sewer1921

overlocker1921

bar tacker1924

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 75 Sewing Machinist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sewing machine
释义	sewing machinen. Etymology: sewing n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsewing-maˌchine. 1. A machine designed to perform the operation of sewing. Frequently attributive as sewing-machine oil. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > sewing-machine sewing machine1847 1847 Artizan Mar. 65/1 Sewing Machine. A new machine for sewing has recently been invented [etc.]. 1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley II. 457 I thought very little of it [sc. Cleopatra's Needle],..after having seen the sewing-machine in London. 1869 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 411 Two pieces of waterproof cloth, sewn together by the sewing-machine. attributive.1862 N.Y. Evening Post 4 Sept. in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1863) V. i. 70/2 Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of the sewing-machine needle, was a private in this regiment.1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School ii. 43 The nice half-dozens of pretty underclothes came home from the sewing-machine woman's.1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 315/1 A bobbin for sewing-machine shuttles.1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 262/3 See Index for Sewing Machine Oil.1977 A. Scholefield Venom v. 205 He found a can of..sewing-machine oil and squirted it into the lock. 2. Bookbinding. (See quot. 1880.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinding equipment > [noun] > machines arming press1832 smasher1876 smashing-machinea1877 backing-machine1879 sewing machine1880 wire-stitcher1882 bumper1951 smashing-press- 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 176 Sewing-machine, a recent invention for the sewing of books with wire instead of thread. Compounds C1. attributive. Designating a musical instrument whose operation resembles the action of a sewing machine. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > [adjective] > other attributes rural1592 unstringed1597 unstrung1598 keyed1761 fingerable1818 keyless1830 omnitonic1861 solo1862 sewing machine1874 unplayed1875 original1899 electrified1938 melodic1938 analogue1976 acoustic1978 1874 J. Codman Mormon Country viii. 80 I found the solitary musician seated at one of those sewing-machine ‘melodeons’, and grinding out the Missionary hymn. C2. figurative. Of rhythm: precise, regular, inexpressive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > type of rhythm well-modulated1721 zoppa1740 bright1872 polymetric1878 swinging1884 ragtime1896 ragtimey1901 polymetrical1908 foot-tapping1915 toe-tapping1929 swingy1933 sewing machine1934 rocking1935 ricky-tick1939 raggedy1949 ricky-ticky1949 beaty1956 square1958 polymetred1966 head-nodding1967 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iv. 247 Bach's sewing-machine counterpoint. 1974 Early Music 2 119/2 His purpose is to counter the ‘sewing-machine’ style of playing Bach by the ‘purists’. Derivatives ˈsewing maˌchinist n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > sewing in other ways > one who hemmer1483 baster1854 machinist1879 sewing machinist?1881 whipper?1881 machiner1888 tucker1905 Blake-sewer1921 overlocker1921 bar tacker1924 ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 75 Sewing Machinist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1847
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