Definition of seam

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Seam (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.

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Sutural :: Sutural (a.) Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam..
Sempster :: Sempster (n.) A seamster.
Inseam :: Inseam (v. t.) To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix.
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..
Ramble :: Ramble (n.) A bed of shale over the seam.
Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..
Rip :: Rip (n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration..
Pharos :: Pharos (n.) A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen.
Stitchery :: Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; a seamstress.
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..
Crew :: Crew (n.) The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat..
Making-iron :: Making-iron (n.) A tool somewhat like a chisel with a groove in it, used by calkers of ships to finish the seams after the oakum has been driven in..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
Spur :: Spur (n.) A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale, to strip off the blubber..
Duff :: Duff (n.) A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff..
Parting :: Parting (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam..
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..
Arrhaphostic :: Arrhaphostic (a.) Seamless.
Sack :: Sack (n.) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam..
Afterguard :: Afterguard (n.) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails..
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