Seam

[siːm] or [sim]

Definition

(noun.) joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.

(noun.) a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; 'he worked in the coal beds'.

(verb.) put together with a seam; 'seam a dress'.

Edited by Elvis--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Grease; tallow; lard.

(n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

(n.) Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.

(n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.

(n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

(v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

(v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

(v. t.) To make the appearance of a seam in, as in knitting a stocking; hence, to knit with a certain stitch, like that in such knitting.

(v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.

(n.) A denomination of weight or measure.

(n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.

(n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.

Typed by Lloyd

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Suture, commissure, joint, line of juncture.[2]. Fissure, crevice.[3]. (Mining.) Thin layer, stratum, or bed; narrow vein.[4]. Scar, cicatrice, cicatrix.

v. a. [1]. Unite, join together.[2]. Scar, mark with scars.

Inputed by Katrina

Definition

n. (Shak.) grease hog's lard.—v.t. to grease.

n. a load for a pack-horse eight bushels of grain.

n. that which is sewed: a piece of plain sewing: the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces: a line of union: a vein or stratum of metal ore coal &c.: a suture: (geol.) a thin layer between thicker strata.—v.t. to unite by a seam: to sew: to make a seam in.—ns. Seam′er one who seams; Seam′ing-lace a galloon braiding gold lace &c. to sew upon seams in upholstery; Seam′ing-machine′ a power-tool for bending sheet-metal as required: a machine used to join fabrics lengthwise preparatory to printing &c.—adj. Seam′less without a seam: woven throughout.—ns. Seam′-press′er an implement used to press down the newly-ploughed furrow: a goose or iron used by tailors to flatten the seams of cloth; Seam′-rent a rent along a seam; Seam′-roll′er in leather-working a rubber for flattening down the edges of seams; Seam′-rubb′er; Seam′-set a grooved punch used by tinmen; Seam′ster one who sews:—fem. Seam′stress; Seam′stressy (Sterne) sewing.—adj. Seam′y having a seam or seams.—n. Seam′y-side the worst side or view of anything.—White seam (Scot.) underclothing in the process of making.

Inputed by Kurt

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Typist: Nathaniel

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