Definitions for the word "seam" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Grease; tallow; lard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To become ridgy; to crack open.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
A denomination of weight or measure.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
1 line where two edges join, esp. Of cloth or boards. 2 fissure between parallel edges. 3 wrinkle. 4 stratum of coal etc. v. 1 join with a seam. 2 (esp. As seamed adj.) Mark or score with a seam. seamless adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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