1. (n.) Grease; tallow; lard.

2. (n.) The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.

3. (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.

4. (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.

5. (n.) A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

6. (v. t.) To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.

7. (v. t.) To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.

8. (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.

9. (v. i.) To become ridgy; to crack open.

10. (n.) A denomination of weight or measure.

11. (n.) The quantity of eight bushels of grain.

12. (n.) The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.

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