Word Finder - seam

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A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.

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A suture.

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A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.

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The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.

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A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.

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Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.

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A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.

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A line of junction; a joint.

His tiny fist clutched the outer seam of her jeans.

The use of this machine has allowed a thin seam of cannel, from 10 to 14 in.

There's a seam here.

Megan stepped forward and the heel of her sandal sank into a seam in the walkway.

In the oldest form of this class of working, where the size of the pillar is equal to the width of the stall or excavation, about 4 of the whole seam will be removed, the remainder being left in the pillars.

To secure the perpendicularity of the shaft, it is necessary to leave a large mass or pillar of the seam untouched around the pit bottom.

Rich strips of alluvial soil, however, seam a cold clay-marl, needing intensive cultivation to become highly productive.

The lignite in this region also warms the ranchman's cabin, being easily mined where a seam is exposed in the walls of a ravine or on the side of a hill.

Numerous smaller channels seam the whole face of the country carrying off the surplus drainage in the rains, but drying up in the hot season.

One day when I came to the same place forty-eight hours afterward, I found that those large bubbles were still perfect, though an inch more of ice had formed, as I could see distinctly by the seam in the edge of a cake.

In the top seam, faded but legible, was written Annie in very small print.

Rhyn focused the little bit of magic he had remaining on the wood.  Fire sprang up.  With it, Rhyn felt a stitch of the seam binding his power snap.

It will be seen that by this method the whole of the seam, with the exception of the pillars left to protect the main roadways, is removed.

The main level or gate road is driven in the benches coal, or lower part of the seam, while a smaller drift for ventilation, called an air heading, is carried above it in one of the upper beds called the slipper coal.

With careful packing it is estimated that the surface subsidence will not exceed 40% of the thickness of the seam removed, and will usually be considerably less.

Cattle sometimes congregate in cold weather around a burning coal seam and enjoy the warmth.

For straight seams the machines are excellent, making as neat a seam as is found in glove work, unless, of course, the pelts are especially heavy, such as bears and sheep rugs.

The "Thick Seam" of Margherita, in Upper Assam, averages 50 ft., and in some places reaches as much as 80 ft.

However, extra work is needed if you must have a seam between two pieces of trim on a wall.

The dark bituminous layers of clay slate, which occur intercalated among the quartzites, have led, here as elsewhere, to the hope of coming upon a seam of coal, but it is contrary to experience that coal of any value should be found in rocks of that age.

The deep, short gorges and glens which seam the southern slopes of the Caucasus are inhabited by Ossetes, Tushes, Pshays and Khevsurs in the west, and by various tribes of Lesghians in the east.

The bed of fire-clay under a coal seam, being impervious to water, frequently determines the horizon of numerous springs issuing from the hillsides.

The name is from a word meaning "to roast till puckered" or "drawn up," in reference, it is suggested, to a peculiar seam in their mocassins, though other explanations have been proposed.

One of the most striking examples of this is afforded by the thick or ten-yard seam of South Staffordshire, which is from 30 to 45 ft.

In 1873 there could be seen, in the thick coal seams of Bengal, near Raniganj, a seam about 50 ft.

The first process in laying out the workings consists in driving a gallery on the level along the course of the coal seam, which is known as a " dip head level," and a lower parallel one, in which the water collects, known as a " lodgment level."

A coal seam with a soft pavement and a hard roof is the most subject to a " creep."

In the South Wales system of working, cross headings are driven from the main roads obliquely across the rise to get a sufficiently easy gradient for horse roads, and from these the stalls are opened out with a narrow entrance, in order to leave support on either side of the road, but afterwards widening to as great a breadth as the seam will allow, leaving pillars of a minimum thickness.

In driving levels it is necessary to cut grooves vertically parallel to the walls, a process known as shearing; but the most important operation is that known as holing or kirving, which consists in cutting a notch or groove in the floor of the seam to a depth of about 3 ft., measured back from the face, so as to leave the overhanging part unsupported, which then either falls of its own accord within a few hours, or is brought down either by driving wedges along the top, or by blasting.

They occur where the beds are weakly cemented or there is a thin seam of clay.

He wears blue trousers, with a quarter inch red welt down the outside seam.

Draw up tight, sew side seam down to thumb.

You want enough fabric to fully cover the pillow while still leaving an extra two inches around the outside edge for your seam.

It can also be purchased with a number of edge styles, the most common is a tapered edge that makes it easier to seam panels together.

Position drywall tape along the seam and press firmly so that the tape sinks into the compound.

Feather and smooth the seam and allow it to dry completely.

Apply a thin layer of joint compound to each seam in the sheetrock.

On the seam joints with tape, extend the joint compound about two to three inches beyond the edges of the tape to help it blend in with the wall.

Trimmed in white around the rounded neckline, with vertical stripes down the center of the dress to the waist seam.

The dress has a high rounded neckline, bust darts, waist seam, mock flap pockets and gently flared skirt.

Both males and hermaphrodite seam cell lineages are affected although the hermaphrodites do not exhibit any obvious gross morphological phenotype.

The geology map shows the Arley seam outcropping all along this ridge, which would be very attractive to early prospectors.

I'd love to hear from others about their OWN opinions rather than from the seam rippers.

Heavy insulation and standing seam aluminum roofing help retain heat to keep heating bills low.

In either case you will need to clean off any flashing and/or seam lines with a sharp knife and/or fine sandpaper.

Inside the boot, all seams were filled with seam sealer to reduce the chance of water collecting.

They look like French seams stitched down flat, which will entail three sets of stitching per seams stitched down flat, which will entail three sets of stitching per seam.

Philippa's most recent novels have focused on the rich seam of intrigue from the Tudor period.

I Inside Leg - Knee - measure from crotch seam to middle of knee.

Fashioned in a matt, transparent material they feature a smooth, slim satin band at the top and have a flat toe seam.