n. The line formed by joining two edges; especially, the joining line formed by sewing or stitching together two different pieces of cloth, leather, or the like, or two edges of the same piece; a line of union.n. A piece of plain sewing; that on which sewing is being or is to be done; sewing.n. A line of separation, as between two strata, or two planks or the like when fastened together; also, the fissure or gap formed by the imperfect union of two bodies laid or fastened together: as, to calk the seams of a ship.n. A fissure; a cleft; a groove.n. The ridge in a casting which marks the place where two parts of the mold have been in contact, as in a plaster east or a molded piece of earthenware.n. A cicatrix or scar.n. A bed or stratum: so used especially in speaking of coal: as, a seam of coal (a bed or continuous layer of coal).n. plural See the quotation.n. In anatomy, a suture; a raphe.n. In sail-making, a seam run in the middle of a cloth longitudinally, by overlaying a fold of the canvas on itself, so as to give the appearance of a regular seam as between two separate cloths. This is done for appearance in yacht-sails, and to make the sail stand flatter.To join with a seam; unite by sewing.In knitting, to make an apparent seam in with a certain stitch: as, to seam a stocking.To mark with a seam, fissure, or furrow; scar: as, a face seamed with wounds.To crack; become fissured or cracked.In knitting, to work in a particular manner so as to produce a seam.n. A horse-load; a load for a pack-horse; specifically, eight bushels of grain or malt.n. Tallow; grease; lard.To cover with grease; grease.n. Same as slit-band.n. A joint used in sheet-metal work where two plates are joined by turning over the edge of the plate and hooking this turned edge into the similarly flexed edge of the next.