Seam
Seam (sēm) , noun
[See Saim.]
Grease; tallow; lard. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Shakespeare
Seam , noun
[Old English seem, seam, Anglo-Saxon seám; akin to Dutch zoom, Old High German soum, German saum, LG. soom, Icelandic saumr, Swedish & Danish som, and English sew. r 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.
3.
(Geology & Mining) 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.
Collocations (4)
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 (Agriculture) , (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 , transitive verb
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.
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 , intransitive verb
To become ridgy; to crack open.
Later their lips began to parch and seam.
Seam , noun
[Anglo-Saxon seám, Late Latin sauma, Latin sagma a packsaddle, from Greek {not transcribed}. See Sumpter.]
A denomination of weight or measure.
(a)
The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
(b)
The quantity of 120 pounds of glass. [English]
A seam of oats.