seam

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A folded-back and stitched piece of fabric; especially, the stitching that joins two or more pieces of fabric.
2. 2
   A suture.
3. 3
   A thin stratum, especially of an economically viable material such as coal or mineral.
4. 4
   The stitched equatorial seam of a cricket ball; the sideways movement of a ball when it bounces on the seam.
5. 5
   A joint formed by mating two separate sections of materials.
6. 6
   A line or depression left by a cut or wound; a scar; a cicatrix.
7. 7
   A line of junction; a joint.
8. 8
   An old English measure of grain, containing eight bushels.
9. 9
   An old English measure of glass, containing twenty-four weys of five pounds, or 120 pounds.
10. 10
    Grease; tallow; lard.

Verb

1. 1
   To put together with a seam.
2. 2
   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.
3. 3
   To mark with a seam or line; to scar.
4. 4
   To crack open along a seam.
5. 5
   Of the ball, to move sideways after bouncing on the seam.
6. 6
   Of a bowler, to make the ball move thus.