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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