Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SU'TURE, n.¹ [L. sutura, from suo, to sew.]

1. Literally, a sewing; hence the uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. – Coxe.
2. The seam or joint which unites the bones of the skull; or the peculiar articulation or connection of those bones; as, the coronal suture; the sagittal suture.