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Webster 1913 Edition

Enseam

En-seam′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
en-
+
seam
suture. Cf.
Inseam
.]
To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain.
Camden.

En-seam′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
en-
+
seam
grease.]
To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.
[Obs.]
In the rank sweat of an
enseamed
bed.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Enseam

ENSE'AM

,
Verb.
T.
[from seam.] To sew up; to inclose by a seam or juncture of needlework.

Definition 2024

enseam

enseam

English

Verb

enseam ‎(third-person singular simple present enseams, present participle enseaming, simple past and past participle enseamed)

  1. (obsolete) To remove the surplus fat from a horse.
  2. (obsolete) To sew or stitch up in a covering

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989
  • QI Annual 2007

Anagrams

Etymology

en- +‎ seam

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