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The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or
parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that
which resembles a seam. |
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The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. |
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The stitch by which the parts are united. |
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The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation,
like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation
itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. |
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The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in
any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. |
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A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a
legume, which really corresponds to a midrib. |
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The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are
sometimes confluent. |
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A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a
crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. |
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