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(sm), n.[See Saim.] Grease; tallow; lard. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shak. Dryden. Seam n.[OE. seem, seam, AS. sem; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. sm, and E. sew. 156. See Sew to fasten with thread.] 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. Addison. 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. Knight. Seam set, a set f Seam v. t.[imp. & p. p.Seamed (); p. pr. & vb. n.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. Pope. 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. L. Wallace. Seam n.[AS. sem, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. . See Sumpter.] A denomination of weight or measure. Specifically: (a) The quantity of eight bushels of grain. "A seam of oats." P. Plowman. (b) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass. [Eng.] スポンサード リンク
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