·- An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.
That made after sewing the edges of sails together, one over the other, by stitching through the cen...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Grease; tallow; lard. II. Seam ·vi To become ridgy; to crack open. III. Seam ·noun The quant...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The sewing together of two edges of canvas, which should have about 110 stitches in every yard of le...
The interstices between the planks. ...
The two edges or selvedges of canvas laid over each other and sewed down. ...
The edges or selvedges sewed together, without lapping. ...
Terms used by printers: monks are sheets where the letters are blotted, or printed too black; friars...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
, or dancing pedro-pee. See pedro-a-pied. ...