The suture or uniting of two edges of cloth by the needle. The coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. John 19:23.

The joint or juncture of planks in a ship’s side or deck; or rather the intervals between the edges of boards or planks in a floorThe seams of the ships are filled with oakum, and covered with pitch.

In mines, a vein or stratum of metal, ore, coal and the like.

A cicatrix or scar.

A measure of eight bushels of corn; or the vessel that contains it. A seam of glass, the quanity of 120 pounds, or 24 stones of five pounds each.

Tallow; grease; lard.

To form a seam; to sew or otherwise unite.

To mark with a cicatrix; to scar; as seamed with wounds.