outsew

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

out- +‎ sew

Verb[edit]

outsew (third-person singular simple present outsews, present participle outsewing, simple past outsewed, past participle outsewed or outsewn)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in sewing; to sew more or better than.
    • 1935, Reflector, volume 1:
      Honestly, I believe she is outsewing all the rest of us for every evening finds Frances stitching away.