seam

n. [ AS. seám, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. &unr_;. 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become ridgy; to crack open. [ 1913 Webster ]

Later their lips began to parch and seam. L. Wallace. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seamed o'er with wounds which his own saber gave. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Saim. ] Grease; tallow; lard. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Shak. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Seamen [ AS. saeman. ] One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Able seaman, a sailor who is practically conversant with all the duties of common seamanship. --
Ordinary seaman. See Ordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Seamen A merman; the male of the mermaid. [ R. ] “Not to mention mermaids or seamen.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]