Emily Dickinson Lexicon

seam (-s), n. [OE 'to sow'.] (webplay: a hem, coat, cloth, floor, joint, needle, to become, to sew, without).

1. Ripple; flaw; rift.
2. Joint; group of petals in a bud.
3. Hem; stitching; line of stitches; edge where pieces of fabric are joined.
4. Vein; stratum; deposit of ore.
5. Row; furrow; [fig.] shift; accomplishment; time of productivity.
6. Layer; vein.
7. Bond; binding; [fig.] deathbed; grave site; cemetery plot.
8. Chink; fissure; crack.