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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..

Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen..

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

Privateersman :: Privateersman (n.) An officer or seaman of a privateer.

Rhaphe :: Rhaphe (n.) The continuation of the seed stalk along the side of an anatropous ovule or seed, forming a ridge or seam..

Seam :: Seam (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

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

Seamanlike :: Seamanlike (a.) Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.

Shipshape :: Shipshape (adv.) In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen..

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

Waterman :: Waterman (n.) A man who plies for hire on rivers, lakes, or canals, or in harbors, in distinction from a seaman who is engaged on the high seas; a man who manages fresh-water craft; a boatman; a ferryman..

Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..

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

Seamless :: Seamless (a.) Without a seam.

Finedraw :: Finedraw (v. t.) To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter..

Thrum :: Thrum (n.) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

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..

Unstitch :: Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam..

Seam :: Seam (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..

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