Definition of seam

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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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Sempstress :: Sempstress (n.) A seamstress.
Fell :: Fell (v. t.) To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
Rescue :: Rescue (v. t.) To free or deliver from any confinement, violence, danger, or evil; to liberate from actual restraint; to remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil; as, to rescue a prisoner from the enemy; to rescue seamen from destruction..
Seam :: Seam (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
Ribbed :: Ribbed (a.) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of coal.
Sutural :: Sutural (a.) Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam..
Burgoo :: Burgoo (n.) A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen..
Unstitch :: Unstitch (v. t.) To open by picking out stitches; to take out, or undo, the stitches of; as, to unstitch a seam..
Shipshape :: Shipshape (adv.) In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
Blower :: Blower (n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water..
Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Stretcher :: Stretch (n.) Course; direction; as, the stretch of seams of coal..
Fresh-water :: Fresh-water (a.) Accustomed to sail on fresh water only; unskilled as a seaman; as, a fresh-water sailor..
Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..
Seamanship :: Seamanship (n.) The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship..
Needlework :: Needlework (n.) Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress..
Chinse :: Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..
Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..
Seam :: Seam (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.
Start :: Start (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure..
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