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Webster 1913 Edition
Seam
Seam
,Noun.
[OE.
seem
, seam
, AS. seám
; akin to D. zoom
, OHG. soum
, G. saum
, LG. soom
, Icel. saumr
, Sw. & Dan. söm
, and E. sew
. √ 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)
A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata;
as, a
. seam
of coal4.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Seam blast
, a blast made 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
,Verb.
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'er with wounds which his own saber gave. 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
,Verb.
I.
To become ridgy; to crack open.
Later their lips began to parch and
seam
. L. Wallace.
Seam
,Noun.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Seam
SEAM
,Noun.
1. The suture or uniting of two edges of cloth by the needle.
The coat was without seam , woven from the top throughout. John 29.
2. The joint or juncture of planks in a ship's side or deck; or rather the intervals between the edges of boards or planks in a floor, &c. The seams of the ships are filled with oakum, and covered with pitch.
3. In mines, a vein or stratum of metal, ore, coal and the like.
4. A cicatrix or scar.
5. A measure of eight bushels of corn; or the vessel that contains it. [Not used in America.]