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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..

Braze :: Braze (v. i.) To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe..

Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar..

Sloam :: Sloam (n.) A layer of earth between coal seams.

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

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..

Loblolly :: Loblolly (n.) Gruel; porridge; -- so called among seamen.

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

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

Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..

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

Sempstress :: Sempstress (n.) A seamstress.

Semster :: Semster (n.) A seamster.

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

Kill :: Kill (v. t.) To cause to cease; to quell; to calm; to still; as, in seamen's language, a shower of rain kills the wind..

Seamy :: Seamy (a.) Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them..

Sutured :: Suture (n.) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell..

Waister :: Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume..

Enseam :: Enseam (v. t.) To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.

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