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Seam

noun

Joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces.

A slight depression in the smoothness of a surface. Synonyms: crease, crinkle, furrow, line, wrinkle. "Ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

A stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit. Synonym: bed.

verb

(past & past part. seamed; pres. part. seaming)

Put together with a seam.

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"Seam" Quotes from Famous Books

... against the wood-work, carried it away, and been hurled into the deep gully below. As it was, it was not the powerful haunch of the black leader which caught our wheel, but the forequarter, which had not weight enough to turn us from our course. I saw a red wet seam gape suddenly through the black hair, and next instant we were flying alone down the road, whilst the four-in-hand had halted, and Sir John and his lady were down in the road together tending to the ...

— Rodney Stone • Arthur Conan Doyle

... You sell? How much?" she persisted, running her hand against the way of the hair so that she might make sure of the sinew-thread seam. ...

— Children of the Frost • Jack London

... ten Oak pins a foot long and an inch square, Sam. I've a notion how to fix them." Then Yan cut ten pieces of the rope, each two feet long, and made a hole about every three feet around the base of the cover above the rope in the outer seam. He passed one end of each short rope through this and knotted it to the other end. Thus he had ten peg-loops, and the teepee was fastened down and looked like a ...

— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton

... came opposite that same beam of radiance, and cautiously peered down the sloped opening that led to the disused fireplace. All I could perceive was a pair of legs, evidently those of a cavalry officer, judging from the broad yellow stripe down the seam of the light-blue trousers, and the high boots ornamented with rowel spurs. He stood leaning carelessly against the mantel, talking with some one just beyond the range of ...

— My Lady of the North • Randall Parrish

... passage. Here, as in most of the caves of the region, is found a small lizard: it is totally blind but its ancestors evidently were not, as is shown by conspicuous protuberances where the eyes should be, but over which the skin is drawn without a wrinkle or seam to indicate a former opening. These harmless creatures are not scaly, but are clothed in a soft, shining, well-fitted skin, and the largest seen were little ...

— Cave Regions of the Ozarks and Black Hills • Luella Agnes Owen

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