01 n. 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 res…
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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.(Surg.)
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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.(Anat.) See: 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.(Bot.)
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The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent.(Zool.)