seaming
present participle of seam
seaming (plural seamings)
The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
(fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
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Source: Wiktionary
Seam"ing, n.
1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
2. (Fishing)
Definition: The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached. Seaming machine, a machine for uniting the edges of sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them together.
Seam, n. Etym: [See Saim.]
Definition: Grease; tallow; lard. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Shak. Dryden.
Seam, n. Etym: [OE. seem, seam, AS. seám; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. söm, and E. sew. sq. root 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)
Definition: 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 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 for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.
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'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.
Definition: To become ridgy; to crack open. Later their lips began to parch and seam. L. Wallace.
Seam, n. Etym: [AS. seám, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. Sumpter.]
Definition: 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
