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Seamed - 3 dictionary results

seam

[seem]
–noun
1. the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
2. the stitches used to make such a line.
3. any line formed by abutting edges.
4. any linear indentation or mark, as a wrinkle or scar.
5. Knitting. a line of stitches formed by purling.
6. Geology. a comparatively thin stratum; a bed, as of coal.
–verb (used with object)
7. to join with or as if with stitches; make the seam or seams of.
8. to furrow; mark with wrinkles, scars, etc.
9. Knitting. to knit with or in a seam.
–verb (used without object)
10. to become cracked, fissured, or furrowed.
11. Knitting. to make a line of stitches by purling.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME seme (n.), OE sēam; c. G Saum hem; akin to sew 1 , Gk hymn membrane (see hymen )


seamer, noun
seam   (sēm)   
n.  
    1. A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.
    2. A similar line, ridge, or groove made by fitting, joining, or lapping together two sections along their edges.
    3. A suture.
    4. A scar.
  1. A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.
  2. A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.
v.   seamed, seam·ing, seams

v.   tr.
  1. To put together with or as if with a seam.
  2. To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.
  3. To form ridges in by purling.
v.   intr.
  1. To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.
  2. To purl.

[Middle English seme, from Old English sēam; see syū- in Indo-European roots.]
seam'er n.

Seamed

Seamed\, a. (Falconry) Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.
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