seamer

seam  (sm)

n.

1.

a. A line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces of material along their margins.

b. A similar line, ridge, or groove made by fitting, joining, or lapping together two sections along their edges.

c. A suture.

d. A scar.

2. A line across a surface, as a crack, fissure, or wrinkle.

3. A thin layer or stratum, as of coal or rock.

v. seamed, seam·ing, seams

v.tr.

1. To put together with or as if with a seam.

2. To mark with a groove, wrinkle, scar, or other seamlike line.

3. To form ridges in by purling.

v.intr.

1. To become fissured or furrowed; crack open.

2. To purl.

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[Middle English seme, from Old English sam; see sy- in Indo-European roots.]

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seamer n.

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seamer [ˈsiːmə]

n

1. a person or thing that seams

2. (Team Sports / Cricket) another name for seam bowler