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Monk''s Seam :: Monk's seam () An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches..

Ramble :: Ramble (n.) A bed of shale over the seam.

Bethel :: Bethel (n.) A house of worship for seamen.

Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen..

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..

Seam :: Seam (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.

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..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

Marinership :: Marinership (n.) Seamanship.

Expertness :: Expertness (n.) Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning..

Seaming :: Seaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sea.

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

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..

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..

Able :: Able (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano..

Sempstressy :: Sempstressy (n.) Seamstressy.

Swaddle :: Swad (n.) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.

Consul :: Consul (n.) An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen..

Vamp :: Vamp (n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper..

Seam :: Seam (v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

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