Definition of seam

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Seam (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.

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Sewster :: Sewster (n.) A seamstress.
Slickensides :: Slickensides (n.) The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another..
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings..
Seamless :: Seamless (a.) Without a seam.
Finedraw :: Finedraw (v. t.) To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter..
Burgoo :: Burgoo (n.) A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen..
Sailor :: Sailor (n.) One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Renter :: Renter (v. t.) To sew together so that the seam is scarcely visible; to sew up with skill and nicety; to finedraw.
Seamster :: Seamster (n.) One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew..
Seam :: Seam (n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
Parting :: Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam..
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice..
Marinership :: Marinership (n.) Seamanship.
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..
Meaking :: Meaking (n.) The process of picking out the oakum from the seams of a vessel which is to be recalked.
Backstitch :: Backstitch (v. i.) To sew with backstitches; as, to backstitch a seam..
Landsman :: Landsman (n.) One who lives on the land; -- opposed to seaman.
Tarpaulin :: Tarpaulin (n.) Hence, a sailor; a seaman; a tar..
Seamstress :: Seamstress (n.) A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
Sempster :: Sempster (n.) A seamster.
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