wikipedia|dab=Seam
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-seem.ogg|Audio (US)
Homophones: seem
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�m|-i�m

Etymology
OE. seam

Noun
en-noun

1. A folded back and stitched piece of fabric.
2. A suture.
3. A thin stratum, especially of coal or mineral.
4. cricket The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
5. An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
6. An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.

#*1952: As white glass was 6s. the 'seam', containing 24 'weys' (pise, or pondera) of 5 lb., and 2 1/2 lb. was reckoned sufficient to make one foot of glazing, the cost of glass would be 1 1/2d. leaving 2 1/2d. for labour. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 175.

Translations
trans-top|folded back and stitched piece of fabric
Finnish: sauma
French: couture
German: Saum m
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Spanish: costura f
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trans-top|suture
Finnish: ommel, tikkaus
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trans-top|thin stratum of mineral
Finnish: suoni, juonne
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trans-top|stitched seam of a cricket ball
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trans-top|measure of grain
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trans-top|measure of glass
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ttbc|Dutch: zoom m
ttbc|French: cicatrice f (2)
ttbc|Hebrew: he-translation|תפר|tefer m
ttbc|Italian: cucitura f (1), costura
ttbc|Korean: �기 (solgi)
ttbc|Portuguese: emenda, rachadura, cicatriz f
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Derived terms
seamster
seamstress

Verb
en-verb

1. To put together with a seam.
2. To mark with a seam.
3. To crack open along a seam.
4. cricket Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
5. cricket Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.

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