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  • English Word Seam Definition 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.
  • English Word Seam Definition To become ridgy; to crack open.
  • English Word Seam Definition A denomination of weight or measure.
  • English Word Seam Definition The quantity of eight bushels of grain.
  • English Word Seam Definition The quantity of 120 pounds of glass.
  • English Word Seaman Definition A merman; the male of the mermaid.
  • English Word Seaman Definition One whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea; a mariner; a sailor; -- applied both to officers and common mariners, but especially to the latter. Opposed to landman, or landsman.
  • English Word Seamanlike Definition Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.
  • English Word Seamanship Definition The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.
  • English Word Seamark Definition Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like.
  • English Word Seamed Definition of Seam
  • English Word Seamed Definition Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.
  • English Word Seamen Definition of Seaman
  • English Word Seamen Definition of Seaman
  • English Word Seaming Definition of Seam
  • English Word Seaming Definition The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
  • English Word Seaming Definition The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
  • English Word Seamless Definition Without a seam.
  • English Word Seamster Definition One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.
  • English Word Seamstress Definition A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.
  • English Word Seamstressy Definition The business of a seamstress.
  • English Word Seamy Definition Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them.
  • English Word Sean Definition A seine. See Seine.
  • English Word Seance Definition A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called.
  • English Word Seannachie Definition A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist.
  • English Word Seapiece Definition A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.
  • English Word Seaport Definition A port on the seashore, or one accessible for seagoing vessels. Also used adjectively; as, a seaport town.
  • English Word Seapoy Definition See Sepoy.
  • English Word Seaquake Definition A quaking of the sea.
  • English Word Sear Definition Alt. of Sere