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Reem :: Reem (v. t.) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

Landman :: Landman (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.

Pharos :: Pharos (n.) A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.

Burgoo :: Burgoo (n.) A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen..

Seam :: Seam (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.

Seam :: Seam (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..

Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..

Sempstressy :: Sempstressy (n.) Seamstressy.

Seamark :: Seamark (n.) Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like..

Stretcher :: Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal..

Shepster :: Shepster (n.) A seamstress.

Sewster :: Sewster (n.) A seamstress.

Fault :: Fault (n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc..

Seaming :: Seaming (n.) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Tar :: Tar (n.) A sailor; a seaman.

Sea Language :: Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.

Deserter :: Deserter (n.) One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion..

Run :: Run (v. i.) To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time..

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