Seam (?), n. [See Saim.]
Grease; tallow; lard.
[Obs. or prov. Eng.]
Shak. Dryden.
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Seam, n. [OE. seem, seam, AS. se�xa0;m; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. som, and E. sew. &root; 156. See Sew to fasten with thread.]
1.
The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
2.
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.
Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join.
Addison.
3. geol. & Mining
A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
4.
A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
Seam blast, a blast by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. -- Seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; -- called also seaming lace. -- Seam presser. Agric. (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. Knight. -- Seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.
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Seam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Seaming.]
1.
To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
2.
To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
Seamed o'r with wounds which his own saber gave.
Pope.
3.
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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Seam, v. i.
To become ridgy; to crack open.
Later their lips began to parch and seam.
L. Wallace.
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Seam, n. [AS. se�xa0;m, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. . See Sumpter.]
A denomination of weight or measure.
Specifically: (a)
The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
"A
seam of oats."
P. Plowman. (b)
The quantity of 120 pounds of glass
. [Eng.]
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