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Seam
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
(2):
(n.) A denomination of weight or measure.
(3):
(n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
(4):
(n.) Grease; tallow; lard.
(5):
(n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
(8):
(v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
(9):
(v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
(10):
(n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
(11):
(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.
(12):
(v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Seam'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/seam.html. 1828.
