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ks, metal plates, etc. Precepts should be so finely wrought together . . . that no coarse seam may discover where they join. Addison.

A merman; the male of the mermaid. [R.] "Not to mention mermaids or seamen." Locke.

Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.

The skill of a good seaman; the art, or skill in the art, of working a ship.

Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like. Shak.

Out of condition; not in good condition; -- said of a hawk.

The act or process of forming a seam or joint.

Without a seam. Christ's seamless coat, all of a piece. Jer. Taylor.

One who sews well, or whose occupation is to sew. [Obs.]

A woman whose occupation is sewing; a needlewoman.

The business of a seamstress.

Having a seam; containing seams, or showing them. "Many a seamy scar." Burns. Everything has its fair, as well as its seamy, side. Sir W. Scott.

To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.

To impress or mark with a seam or cicatrix. Pope.

An extra middle seam made at the junction of two breadths of canvas, ordinarily joined by only two rows of stitches.

To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open. Shak.

ring competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.

The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails. Totten.

Seamless. [R.]

amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.