finedraw

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"But the other would show worse," said the widow; "and if you finedraw it, not one person in ten will notice it.

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  1. To sew up, as a rent, by drawing the edges of the fabric together with a fine thread, in such a manner as to restore the pattern if there is any. See finedrawing. It was in my best pair of kerseymeres, but, thanks to the skilful little seamstress, I got them finedrawn, and that without any inconvenient delay. Marryat, Peter Simple.
  2. To draw out to extreme fineness, as wire: commonly in the past participle.

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  • "But the other would show worse," said the widow; "and if you finedraw it, not one person in ten will notice it. —  Can You Forgive Her?
 

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