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Seam n. 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.

(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 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. (Agric.)

(a)

A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows.

(b)

A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams.

Seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.

Seam n. A denomination of weight or measure. Specifically:

(a)

The quantity of eight bushels of grain. "A seam of oats."

(b)

The quantity of 120 pounds of glass. (Eng.)

verb

Seam v. t. (past & past part. seamed; pres. part. 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. To become ridgy; to crack open. "Later their lips began to parch and seam."

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"Seam" Quotes from Famous Books

... were made, is that part of the Lothians, extending from south to north, stretching from the foot of the Lammermoors towards the sea-coast, including the coal-works of Preston-Hall, Huntlaw, Pencaitland, Tranent, and Blindwells. In this range of the coal-formation, the seam of coal is variable, but generally exceedingly thin, varying in thickness from eighteen inches, to three or four feet. It is with difficulty that mining operations can be prosecuted, from the extremely limited space in which the men have to move, and from the deficient ventilation. It ...

— An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis • Archibald Makellar

... Wordsworth's memory was playing him a trick here, misled by that instinct (it may almost be called) of consistency which leads men first to desire that their lives should have been without break or seam, and then to believe that they have been such. The more distant ranges of perspective are apt to run together in retrospection. How far could Wordsworth at fourteen have been acquainted with the poets of all ages and ...

— English Critical Essays - Nineteenth Century • Various

... Toussaint Maheu. When a boy of fifteen, he found rich coal at Requillart, the Montsou Company's first pit, and the seam he discovered was named after him. He died of old ...

— A Zola Dictionary • J. G. Patterson

... was finished, and the two passengers went on deck to inspect the craft which was to convey them to the islands. By order of the commander the carpenter had overhauled the boat and made such repairs as were needed. Every open seam had been calked, and a heavy coat of paint had been put upon it. The sailmaker had attended to the jib and mainsail, and everything was in excellent condition for the trip to ...

— Fighting for the Right • Oliver Optic

... Kamroop river above this Putar, strikes off to the eastward, and the Kamteechick, a tributary, falls into it from the south; this last is a good deal the smaller; the banks of the Kamroop are in many places precipitous. About two miles from the Putar, a fine seam of excellent coal has been exposed by a slip: {60} the beds are at an inclination of 45 degrees, and their direction is, I think, nearly the same with that of the left bank of the river in which they occur; immediately over the seam there is ...

— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith

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