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

Sempstress :: Sempstress (n.) A seamstress.

Inseamed :: Inseamed (imp. & p. p.) of Insea.

Arrhaphostic :: Arrhaphostic (a.) Seamless.

Fault :: Fault (n.) In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc..

Sewster :: Sewster (n.) A seamstress.

Reem :: Reem (v. t.) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.

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.

Chart :: Chart (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts..

Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..

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..

Landman :: Landman (n.) A man who lives or serves on land; -- opposed to seaman.

Tar :: Tar (n.) A sailor; a seaman.

Shipshape :: Shipshape (adv.) In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.

Unseam :: Unseam (v. t.) To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open.

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..

Seaming :: Seaming (n.) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached..

Seamster :: Seamster (n.) One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew..

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..

Reel :: Reel (n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel..

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