Dictionary entry

Seam (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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'er 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.