seaming tool

A tool for joining or working the edges of sheets of metal. seam-le , *seam-les, *seame-le e, a. [Eng. seam (1), s.; -le .] Having no seams; of a single piece. *sēam-ster, *seam'-ster, *sěmp'-ster (psilent), *sěm-ster, s. [A. S. seámestre , from seám =a seam (q. v.).] One who sews well; one whose occupation is to sew. seam-stre , seam-stre , sěmp-stre ( p occupation is to sew. "And every seam the nymphs shall sew." Drayton: Muses Elysium, Nymph. 8. 2. A piece of needlework. *3. A cicatrix or scar. II. Technically: 1. Geol.: Any thin layer separating two strata of greater magnitude. ( Lyell .) 2. Shipbuilding : The space between two planks of a ship's skin, filled with oakum by calking. "With boiling pitch the seams in stops, Which, well laid o'er, the salt sea waves withstand." Dryden. (Todd.) seam-blast, subst. A blast made by filling with powder the seams or crevices previously made by a drill-blast. seam-lace, s. IMG:content-1121.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1122.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Tin - working : A punch used by tinmen for closing the seams prepared on a hatchet stake. The face has a groove which shuts down the edges, usually upon a wire. 2. Shoemaking : A tool for flattening the seams of boots, shoes, or harne . seam (2), s . [O. Fr. som me, some, sau me , sume = a pack, a burden, from Low Lat. salma , a corrupt. of Gr. sagma =a pack saddle; Ger. saum =a sack of eight bushels.] A measure of eight bushels of corn, or the ve el containing it; a horse-load. *seam (3), *saim, *say me, *seame, s . [Etym. doubtful, perhaps a corrupt. of Fr. sain , from Lat. sagina a fatting, fatne ; Sp. sayn ; Ital. sai me = grease, lard.] Tallow, fat, grease, lard. "Seath it with good old seame or grease."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. Xxx., ch. vi. seam, v. t. [SEAM (1), 8.] 1. To join togetl er with, or as with a seam; to form a seam on. 2. To mark with a scar or cicatrix; to scar. "His naked arms and legs, seamed o'er, The scars of frantic penance bore." Scott: Lady of the Lake, iii. 4.