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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : seem |
Phonetic Transcription : sim |
Definition of seam
Origin :- Old English seam "seam, suture, junction," from Proto-Germanic *saumaz (cf. Old Frisian sam "hem, seam," Old Norse saumr, Middle Dutch som, Dutch zoom, Old High German soum, German Saum "hem"), from PIE root *syu- "to sew, to bind" (cf. Old English siwian, Latin suere, Sanskrit syuman; see sew).
- Chidynge and reproche ... vnsowen the semes of freendshipe in mannes herte. [Chaucer, "Parson's Tale," c.1386]
- Meaning "raised band of stitching on a ball" is recorded from 1888. Geological use is from 1590s.
- noun line where two objects are connected
- You'll open a seam in your head and founder, first thing you know.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The seam is twenty-six feet thick, and the coal is of good quality.
- Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
- Then followed a long silence while the machine rattled down a seam.
- Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
- "There's a seam of cryolite in the Eastern Hills, according to the old maps," said Lake.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- Take your seam indoors to your chamber, and stir not from it till supper-time.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
- That I could scratch by rubbing it against the seam of my trousers.
- Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
- This is marked as plainly as if a wall had been built up at the end of the seam.
- Extract from : « The Mines and its Wonders » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Mrs. Fenelby took up her sewing, and began to stitch a seam.
- Extract from : « The Cheerful Smugglers » by Ellis Parker Butler
- I've forgotten to caulk that seam over your bunk, and it's going to rain.
- Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
- Eighth row:—Knit eighth row of edging, seam 55 stitches, knit 1.
- Extract from : « Exercises in Knitting » by Cornelia Mee
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