Seam /(sēm)/

Seam

n.
  1. Grease; tallow; lard. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Seam

n.
  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.
  3. A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal. (Geol. & Mining)
  4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

Phrases & Compounds
Seam blast
a blast made 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
A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows
Seam set
a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.

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'er with wounds which his own saber gave.
  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.

Seam

v. i.
  1. To become ridgy; to crack open.
    Later their lips began to parch and seam.
    — L. Wallace.

Seam

n.
  1. A denomination of weight or measure. [Eng.]