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seam noun2. [si:m] Long obsolete exc. dial.
[Old English seam = Old High German soum (German Saum) from West Germanic from medieval Latin sauma, salma alt. of late Latin sagma from Greek = baggage, pack-saddle, from sattein, sag- to pack, to load. Cf. SUMPTER.]
A load carried by a packhorse. In early use also gen., a load, a burden. OE.
= horse-load s.v. HORSE noun. ME.
A cart-load, esp. as a specific weight. E18.