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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Navigate :: Navigate (v. t.) To steer, direct, or manage in sailing; to conduct (ships) upon the water by the art or skill of seamen; as, to navigate a ship..
Seam :: Seam (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
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..
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..
Inseamed :: Inseamed (imp. & p. p.) of Insea.
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..
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..
Feller :: Feller (n.) An appliance to a sewing machine for felling 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..
Semster :: Semster (n.) A seamster.
Blower :: Blower (n.) The whale; -- so called by seamen, from the circumstance of its spouting up a column of water..
Welt :: Welt (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it..
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..
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen..
Swaddle :: Swad (n.) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
Sempster :: Sempster (n.) A seamster.
Enseam :: Enseam (v. t.) To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute.
Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.
Parting :: Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam..
Sutural :: Sutural (a.) Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam..
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