SEAM
\sˈiːm], \sˈiːm], \s_ˈiː_m]\
Definitions of SEAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Grease; tallow; lard.
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The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
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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.
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A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
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A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
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To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
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To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
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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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To become ridgy; to crack open.
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A denomination of weight or measure.
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The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
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The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
By Oddity Software
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Grease; tallow; lard.
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The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
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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.
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A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
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A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
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To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
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To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
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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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To become ridgy; to crack open.
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A denomination of weight or measure.
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The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
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The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
By Noah Webster.
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The line formed by the sewing of two pieces of material together; line of junction or union; narrow vein between two thicker layers of earth, etc.; as, a seam of coal; a scar.
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To form a junction or union upon or of; join or sew together, as a garment; scar; line.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which is sewed: the line formed by the sewing together of two pieces: a line of union: a vein or stratum of metal, ore, coal, etc.: (geol.) a thin layer between thicker strata.
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To unite by a seam: to sew: to make a seam in.
By Daniel Lyons
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Juncture of two edges; line of sewing; line of union; vein of metal; ridge.
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To make a seam in; make a ridge on.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To unite by a seam; make a seam in; become fissured.
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A line where parts or pieces, as of cloth or rock, are joined; a juncture; crack; fissure; scar; wrinkle.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The suture of two edges of cloth by the needle; a cicatrix or scar; the juncture of planks in a ships side or deck; a vein or stratum of metal, ore, coal, &c.; a thin layer separating strata of greater magnitude; a measure of eight bushels of corn, tallow, or lard.
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To form a seam in; to sew or otherwise unite; to mark with a cicatrix; to scar.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The uniting or joining together of two pieces of cloth by sewing or stitching them with thread; the line where this junction is made; the line or space between planks when placed or fastened together; a vein or stratum of an ore, or of coal, &c.; in geol., a thin layer between thicker strata.
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To unite by sewing with thread.
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A measure or quantity, as of corn, or of glass.
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Tallow; grease; fat.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo Saxon ] The fold or line on the surface of cloth formed by the sewing together of two different pieces;—a suture; —the juncture of planks in a ship's deck or sides; or the intervening line between the joints of the planks; —in geology, a vein or stratum of ore, coal, and the like; also, a thin layer or narrow vein between two thicker ones;—a scar; a cicatrix;—a weight or measure ; the quantity of eight bushels of grain; the quantity of 120 pounds of glass: a horseload of timber of about three hundredweight.
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