Seaming

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to
        scar.
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              Seamed o'er with wounds which his own saber gave.
                                                    --Pope.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seaming \Seam"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of forming a seam or joint.
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     2. (Fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to
        which the meshes of the net are attached.
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     {Seaming machine}, a machine for uniting the edges of
        sheet-metal plates by bending them and pinching them
        together.
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