seam

noun

sewn join between two pieces of textile material
a stratum of coal or mineral that is economically viable; a bed or a distinct layer of vein of rock in other layers of rock

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Pronunciation: /ˈsiːm/ / [ˈsɪi̯m]

Etymology: From Middle English seym (“grease”), from Old French saim (“fat”). Compare French saindoux (“lard”).

Grease; tallow; lard.
“shall the proud lord That bastes his arrogance with his own seam And never suffers matter of the world”
“scour their rusty shields with seam”

Etymology: From the noun seam.

To put together with a seam.
“Thus, seamed with many scars, / Bursting these prison bars, / Up to its native stars / My soul ascended!”
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.
To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
“Seam'd o'er with wounds which his own sabre gave.”
To crack open along a seam.
“Later their lips began to parch and seam.”
Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.