smyth sewing

smyth sewing
noun or smythe sewing \\ˈsmith-, ˈsmīth-\
Usage: usually capitalized 1st S
Etymology: after David M. Smyth died 1907 American inventor
: a mechanical method of attaching together the sections of books by means of thread passed through the folds

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Smyth-sewn, adj.
/smuyth, smith/, Bookbinding.
a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
[after David M. Smyth (1833-1907), Irish-born U.S. inventor, who designed a machine performing this kind of sewing]

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Smyth sewing «smihth»,
a method of stitching the sections of a book on the back of the fold to produce a rounded back so that the book opens flat.
[< David Smyth, an American inventor of the 1800's, who invented a machine for this kind of bookbinding]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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