Definition of seam

• n. - Grease; tallow; lard.
• n. - The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.
• n. - Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.
• n. - A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.
• n. - A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
• v. t. - To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.
• v. t. - To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.
• v. t. - 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.
• v. i. - To become ridgy; to crack open.
• n. - A denomination of weight or measure.
• n. - The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
• n. - The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.