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  seam
     alt.
     1 (senseid en sewing) (lb en sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece
  of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of
  fabric.
     2 A suture.
     3 (senseid en geological layer)(lb en geology) A thin stratum,
  especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
     4 (lb en cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the
  sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
     5 (senseid en construction) (lb en construction nautical) A joint
  formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
     6 A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
     7 (lb en figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
     n.
     1 (senseid en sewing) (lb en sewing) A folded-back and stitched piece
  of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of
  fabric.
     2 A suture.
     3 (senseid en geological layer)(lb en geology) A thin stratum,
  especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
     4 (lb en cricket) The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the
  sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
     5 (senseid en construction) (lb en construction nautical) A joint
  formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
     6 A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
     7 (lb en figurative) A line of junction; a joint.
     vb.
     1 To put together with a seam.
     2 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.
     3 To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
     4 To crack open along a seam.
     n.
     1 (lb en historical) An old English measure of grain, containing
  eight bushels.
     2 (lb en historical) An old English measure of glass, containing
  twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
     alt.
     (lb en UK dialect obsolete) grease; tallow; lard.
     n.
     (lb en UK dialect obsolete) grease; tallow; lard.