Seam | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Sēam, n.

noun

(seem), n. [A-S. seám, seóm, sēm, from seowian, to sew; O. H. Ger. soum, N. H. Ger. saum, L. Ger. soom, D. zoom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. sōm.]

Sense 1. The fold, line, or depression on the surface of cloth formed by the sewing together of two different pieces.

Sense 2. Hence, a line of junction; a suture, as on a ship or other structure of wood; the line of union of two boards or planks.

Sense 3. (Geol. & Mining.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker ones; as, a seam of coal.

Sense 4. A line or depression left by a wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

Sēam, n.

noun

n. [A-S. seám, O. H. Ger. soum, N. H. Ger. saum, L. Lat. sauma, It. salma, soma, Fr. somme, Lat. sagma, Gr. σάγμα.] A denomination of weight or measure; as, (a.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain. (b.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass. (c.) A horse-load of timber, of about three hundred weight. [Eng.]

Sēam, n.

noun

[A-S. seim, seam. See SAIM.] Tallow; grease; lard. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Shak. Dryden.

Sēam, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SEAMED; p. pr. & vb. n. SEAMING.]

To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar. “Seamed o’er with wounds which his own saber gave.” Pope.
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.