Category:Seam

Seam, n. Etym: [see saim.]

Defn: grease; tallow; lard. [obs. or prov. Eng.] Shak. Dryden.

Seam Seam, n. Etym: [oe. seem, seam, as. seám; akin to d. zoom, ohg. soum, G. saum, lg. soom, icel. saumr, sw. & dan. söm, and e. sew. sq. root 156. See sew to fasten with thread.]

1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or Leather.

2. 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. Precepts should be so finely wrought together. . . that no coarse Seam may discover where they join. Addison.

3. (geol. & mining)

Defn: a thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker Strata; as, a seam of coal.

4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix. Seam blast, a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of Rocks. -- seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and Edges; -- called also seaming lace. -- seam presser. (agric.) (a) a heavy roller to press down newly Plowed furrows. (b) a tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. Knight. -- seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather Work, etc.

Seam Seam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Seaming.]

1. To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar. Seamed o'pope.

3. 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.

Seam Seam, v. i.

Defn: to become ridgy; to crack open. Later their lips began to parch and seam. L. Wallace.

Seam Seam, n. Etym: [as. seám, ll. sauma, l. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. Sumpter.]

Defn: a denomination of weight or measure. Specifically: (a) the quantity of eight bushels of grain. "a seam of oats." P. Plowman. (b) the quantity of 120 pounds of glass. [eng.]