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Seaming

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to
      scar.

            Seamed o'?r with wounds which his own saber gave.
                                                  --Pope.

   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.

Seaming \Seam"ing\, n.
   1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.

   2. (Fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to
      which the meshes of the net are attached.

   {Seaming machine}, a machine for uniting the edges of
      sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them
      together.
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