\Sew\, n.[OE. See {Sewer} household officer.]
Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy. [Obs.] --Gower.
      I will not tell of their strange sewes.  --Chaucer.

\Sew\, v. t. [See {Sue} to follow.]
To follow; to pursue; to sue. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

\Sew\, v. t. [imp. {Sewed}; p. p. {Sewed}, rarely {Sewn}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Sewing}.] [OE. sewen, sowen, AS. si['o]wian,
s[=i]wian; akin to OHG. siuwan, Icel. s?ja, Sw. sy, Dan. sye,
Goth. siujan, Lith. siuti, Russ, shite, L. ssuere, Gr. ????,
Skr. siv. [root]156. Cf. {Seam} a suture, {Suture}.]
1. To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle
   and thread.
         No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old
         garment.                              --Mark ii. 21.
2. To close or stop by ssewing; -- often with up; as, to sew
   up a rip.
3. To inclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew
   money in a bag.

\Sew\, v. i.
To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

\Sew\, v. t. [[root]151 b. See {Sewer} a drain.]
To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish. [Obs.] --Tusser.