seamn.[See Saim.] Grease; tallow; lard.(Shak. Dryden.)n.[OE. seem, seam, AS. sem; akin to D. zoom, OHG. soum, G. saum, LG. soom, Icel. saumr, Sw. & Dan. sm, and E. sew. 156. See Sew to fasten with thread.]1. The fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.()2. Hence, a line of junction; a joint; a suture, as on a ship, a floor, or other structure; the line of union, or joint, of two boards, planks, metal plates, etc.()Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join. (Addison.)3. (Geol. & Mining) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.()4. A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.()Seam blast, a blast made by putting the powder into seams or cracks of rocks. -- Seam lace, a lace used by carriage makers to cover seams and edges; -- called also seaming lace. -- Seam presser. (Agric.) (a) A heavy roller to press down newly plowed furrows. (b) A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams. Knight. -- Seam set, a set for flattering the seams of metal sheets, leather work, etc.()v. t.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'er 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.()v. i. To become ridgy; to crack open.()Later their lips began to parch and seam. (L. Wallace.)n.[AS. sem, LL. sauma, L. sagma a packsaddle, fr. Gr. . See Sumpter.] A denomination of weight or measure.()