Hypertext Webster Gateway: "seaming"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Seam \Seam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Seaming}.]
1. To form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to
unite.

2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to
scar.

Seamed o'?r with wounds which his own saber gave.
--Pope.

3. 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Seaming \Seam"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.

2. (Fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to
which the meshes of the net are attached.

{Seaming machine}, a machine for uniting the edges of
sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them
together.


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