Smyth sewing

[ smahyth, smith ]

/ smaɪθ, smɪθ /

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noun Bookbinding.

a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.

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Origin of Smyth sewing

After David M. Smyth (1833–1907), Irish-born U.S. inventor, who designed a machine performing this kind of sewing

Smyth-sewn, adjective

Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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Such products are not suited for the rigours of public life, and need to be adapted, at the very least by sewing in hem weights.
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The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
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She went up in the mornings to Madame Lebrun's room, braving the clatter of the old sewing-machine.
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A minute ago I would have sworn it was Smyth; but to tell the truth, I never gave any attention to such details of business.
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