grease; tallow; lard.-the fold or line formed by sewing together two pieces of cloth or leather.-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.-a thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal.-a line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.-to form a seam upon or of; to join by sewing together; to unite.-to mark with something resembling a seam; to line; to scar.-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.-to become ridgy; to crack open.-a denomination of weight or measure.-the quantity of eight bushels of grain.-the quantity of 120 pounds of glass.