Definition of seam

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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..

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Enseam :: Enseam (v. t.) To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.
Fell :: Fell (n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses..
Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..
Sea Language :: Sea language () The peculiar language or phraseology of seamen; sailor's cant.
Waister :: Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war..
Expertness :: Expertness (n.) Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning..
Seamless :: Seamless (a.) Without a seam.
Sempster :: Sempster (n.) A seamster.
Corniferous :: Corniferous (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York..
Seamed :: Seamed (imp. & p. p.) of Sea.
Seamy :: Seamy (a.) Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them..
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..
Rate :: Rate (v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension..
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings..
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..
Overhand :: Overhand (a.) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both..
Stitchery :: Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; a seamstress.
Junk :: "Junk (n.) Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships..
Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
Seamstressy :: Seamstressy (n.) The business of a seamstress.
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