seam.html - See: BURST AT THE SEAMS.

seam.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a line where two edges join, esp. of two pieces of cloth etc. turned back and stitched together, or of boards fitted edge to edge.
2 a fissure between parallel edges.
3 a wrinkle or scar.
4 a stratum of coal etc.

--v.

tr.
1 join with a seam.
2 (esp. as seamed adj.) mark or score with or as with a seam.

bursting at the seams full to overflowing. seam bowler Cricket a bowler who makes the ball deviate by bouncing off its seam.

seamer n. seamless adj. [OE seam f. Gmc]

seam.html - n.
(pl. -men)
1 a sailor, esp. one below the rank of officer.
2 a person regarded in terms of skill in navigation (a poor seaman).

seamanlike adj. seamanly adj. [OE s

man (as SEA, MAN)]

seam.html - n.
skill in managing a ship or boat.

seam.html - n.
(also sempstress) a woman who sews, esp. professionally; a needlewoman. [OE seamestre fem. f. seamere tailor, formed as SEAM + -STER + -ESS(1)]

seam.html - adj.
(seamier, seamiest)
1 marked with or showing seams.
2 unpleasant, disreputable (esp. the seamy side).

seaminess n.