a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing

a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

A fit of anger, Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar, A preparation containing wax used for polishing floors and other surfaces, adjective_ Made of wax, intransitive verb_ To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane, To speak or write as specified, To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full, transitive verb_ To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also wax cloth, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots, shoes, and the like; -- called also wax end

The regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect, as in music, the theater, or athletics, In the design and construction of machinery, the proper adjustment of the parts of any machine so that its operations will follow in a given order to produce a given result, as in the movement of the needle, shuttle, and feed of a sewing-machine in consecutive order, uncountable The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine, verb_ Present participle of time

Regular travel back and forth over an established, often short route by a vehicle, A device used in weaving to carry the weft thread back and forth between the warp threads, In sewing-machines, the sliding thread-holder which carries the lower thread between the needle and the upper thread to make a lockstitch. See cuts under sewing-machine, intransitive verb_ To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle, To go, move, or travel back and forth, especially by a shuttle, To transport, especially by a shuttle, verb_ transitive To transport by shuttle or by means of a shuttle service, verb_ travel back and forth between two points

Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing, Abrupt or acute, Composed of hard angular particles, adverb_ In a sharp manner, Punctually; exactly, Music Above the true or proper pitch, noun_ A slender sewing needle with a very fine point, The staff-degree assigned to such a key or tone, being the same as that for D, but with a sharp upon it either in the signature or as an accidental, A note placed on such a degree and indicating such a key or tone, intransitive verb_ To raise in pitch by a semitone, To play or sing above the proper pitch

The act, occupation, or hobby of one who sews, The act or occupation of one who sews or uses the needle, a machine for sewing or stitching, verb_ Present participle of sew

A piece of cloth, or the like, sewed on a coat or gown as a badge or ornament. In the extract it refers to the band on the cap, A small piece of silk or court-plaster used on the face, with the apparent purpose of heightening the complexion by contrast, A small piece of anything used to repair a breach, intransitive verb_ To make by sewing scraps of material together, To connect temporarily (electronic components), as with a patch cord, Electronics To be connected temporarily

joining or attaching by stitches

receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)