meaning of seam
1. Grease; tallow; lard.
2. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
3. 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.
4. A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
5. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
6. To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
7. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
8. 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.
9. To become ridgy; to crack open.
10. A denomination of weight or measure.
11. The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
12. The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
13. joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
Related Words
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