Missew

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To sew badly, with errors.

    "But the chances of miscutting and missewing will be greater than with the 2-bar unit and, since the tapering intervals are larger, the tapered edge will not be as smooth."

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"But the chances of miscutting and missewing will be greater than with the 2-bar unit and, since the tapering intervals are larger, the tapered edge will not be as smooth."

Etymology

From mis- + sew.

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