Found 2 items, similar to Seaming.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: seam
seam
n 1: joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
2: a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
“his
face has many lines”;
“ironing gets rid of most wrinkles”
[syn:
wrinkle,
furrow,
crease,
crinkle,
line]
3: a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with
profit;
“he worked in the coal beds” [syn:
bed]
seam
v : put together with a seam;
“seam a dress”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Seaming
Seam
\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.
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2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to
scar.
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Seamed o'er with wounds which his own saber gave.
--Pope.
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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.
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Seaming
\Seam"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
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2. (Fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to
which the meshes of the net are attached.
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Seaming machine, a machine for uniting the edges of
sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them
together.
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