_ _seaming lace_: 'A narrow openwork braiding,
gimp, or insertion, with
parallel
sides, used for uniting two
breadths of linen, instead of sewing them directly the one to the
other; used for garments in the 17th c.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
_ Eager striving; used contemptuously.
?_Colloq._ 5. 6. 67.
='Sdeath=, _int._ [An abbr. of _God's death_.] An exclamation,
generally of impatience. 1. 2. 25.
=Seaming=, _a._ _Phr.
_ _seaming lace_: 'A narrow openwork braiding,
gimp, or insertion, with
parallel
sides, used for uniting two
breadths of linen, instead of sewing them directly the one to the
other; used for garments in the 17th c.
' _CD._ 2. 5. 9.
=Seisen=, 4. 5. 16. See _Liuerie and seisen_.
?=Sent=, _v._ An old, and historically more correct, spelling
of _scent_. 2. 6. 26.
