Seam

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1. Noun

Grease; tallow; lard.

2. Noun

The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.

5. Noun

A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

6. Verb

To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

7. Verb

To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

8. Verb

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.

9. Verb

To become ridgy; to crack open.

10. Noun

A denomination of weight or measure.

11. Noun

The quantity of eight bushels of grain.

12. Noun

The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
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