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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Sewster :: Sewster (n.) A seamstress.
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear..
Slop :: Slop (v. i.) Ready-made clothes; also, among seamen, clothing, bedding, and other furnishings..
Marinership :: Marinership (n.) Seamanship.
Sloam :: Sloam (n.) A layer of earth between coal seams.
Oakum :: Oakum (n.) The material obtained by untwisting and picking into loose fiber old hemp ropes; -- used for calking the seams of ships, stopping leaks, etc..
Ship :: Ship (v. t.) To engage or secure for service on board of a ship; as, to ship seamen..
Stitchery :: Stitcher (n.) One who stitches; 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..
Sempstress :: Sempstress (n.) A seamstress.
Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..
Bethel :: Bethel (n.) A house of worship for seamen.
Shipshape :: Shipshape (adv.) In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To overlay (a cord, rope, or the like) with other cords going round and round it; to overcast, as the edge of a seam; to wrap; -- often with about, around, or over..
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..
Instop :: Instop (v. t.) To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams..
Seam :: Seam (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
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..
Sutural :: Sutural (a.) Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam..
Semster :: Semster (n.) A seamster.
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