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| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Operates single, double, or multiple-needle stitching machine to join or decorate shoe parts, or to reinforce edges: Selects spool of thread or prewound bobbin, places spool or bobbin on spindle or looper, and draws thread through guides and needles. Aligns parts and presses knee control or pedal to raise presser foot or roller. Positions parts under needle and lowers presser foot or roller. Presses foot or knee control to start machine and guides parts under needle, following seams, edges, or markings, or moves edges of part against guide. Cuts excess thread or material from shoe parts, using scissors or knife. When operating double or multiple-needle machine, may turn setscrew on needle bar and position one or more needles as specified. May be designated according to shoe parts stitched as Back-Seam Stitcher (boot & shoe); Box-Toe Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated according to machine operated as Flatbed Stitcher (boot & shoe); Zig-Zag Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated according to number of needles in machine operated as Double-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Multiple-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Single-Needle Stitcher (boot & shoe). May be designated: Backstay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Barrer And Tacker (boot & shoe); Binding Stitcher (boot & shoe); Buckle Sewer, Machine (boot & shoe); California Seamer (boot & shoe); Counter-Pocket Sewer (boot & shoe); Cover Maker (boot & shoe); Cut-Out Stitcher (boot & shoe); Edge Stitcher (boot & shoe); Fancy Stitcher (boot & shoe); Flare Stitcher (boot & shoe); Gore Inserter (boot & shoe); Insole Tape Stitcher, UCO (boot & shoe); Label Stitcher (boot & shoe); Lining Closer (boot & shoe); Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Lining-Strap Closer (boot & shoe); Lining Vamper (boot & shoe); Neverslip Stitcher (boot & shoe); Postbed Stitcher (boot & shoe); Quarter-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Rand Sewer (boot & shoe); Saddle Stitcher (boot & shoe); Saddle-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Seam-Stay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Shank Stitcher (boot & shoe); Sock-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Stitcher, Utility (boot & shoe); Strap Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tape Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tip Stitcher (boot & shoe); Toe-Lining Closer (boot & shoe); Tongue And Quarter Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tongue-Lining Stitcher (boot & shoe); Tongue Stitcher (boot & shoe); Top Stitcher (boot & shoe); Underlay Stitcher (boot & shoe); Upper Stitcher (boot & shoe); Vamp Stitcher (boot & shoe); Welting Stitcher, Front (boot & shoe); Wrapper Stitcher (boot & shoe). (references) |
| Operates sewing machine to join, reinforce, or decorate parts of household articles, such as bedspreads, curtains, drapes, bed linens, mopheads and quilts: Guides parts under machine needle to sew stiffening material to tops of drapery panels, or elastic to fitted articles, or to stitch ruffles to curtains and chair pads, or to sew tape, fringe, or welt to seams or edges of articles to decorate or reinforce them. May oil machine, change needles, and secure modifying attachments to machine. May be designated according to article or parts of articles assembled as Bedspread Seamer (tex. prod., nec); Buckram Sewer (tex. prod., nec); Cover Assembler (tex. prod., nec); Elastic Sewer (tex. prod., nec); Fringer (tex. prod., nec); Lining Sewer (tex. prod., nec). May be designated: Mophead Sewer (tex. prod., nec); Panel Sewer (tex. prod., nec); Quilt Sewer (tex. prod., nec); Taping Machine Operator (tex. prod., nec). May mark patterns on articles with chalk and sew along markings to decorate articles. Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, REGULAR EQUIPMENT (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |
| Feeds uncured rubber goods or garments, such as baby pants, through rollers or roller-cutter that crimp or fold over and press edges to reinforce article, or seal edges together and cut off excess material. May simultaneously feed binding tape between rollers that crimp tape to garment edges. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SEAMER |
| Specialty definitions using "SEAMER": screen cutter and trimmer, SHEARER AND TRIMMER, WIRE SCREEN AND FABRIC, shearer, screen measurer and trimmer. (references) |
| "SEAMER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.95% of the time. "SEAMER" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80.95% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.05% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
seamer | 27 |
can seamer | 5 |
can part seamer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SEAMER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | швейная машина (machine, sewing machine, sewing-machine). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SEAMER": seamers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ameers, ramees. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ameer, erase, mares, marse, maser, meres, ramee, reams, saree, smear. | |
-2 letters: ares, arms, arse, ears, ease, emes, eras, maes, mare, mars, mere, mesa, rams, rase, ream, rees, rems, same, seam, sear, seem, seer, seme, sera, sere. | |
-3 letters: are, arm, ars, ear, eme, ems, era, ere, ers, mae, mar, mas, ram, ras, ree, rem. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-r-s" | |
+1 letter: ambeers, amerces, amperes, besmear, hareems, meaners, measure, racemes, reamers, remakes, remates, renames, reteams, seamers, seamier, seriema, smeared, smearer, steamer. | |
+2 letters: amberies, amenders, amercers, ammeters, amreetas, besmears, cashmere, casimere, creamers, cremates, defamers, demersal, dreamers, embraces, emeralds, emeritas, emirates, empalers, enframes, fearsome, gamester, gleamers, machrees, marchese, marquees, masseter, mastered, meanders, measlier, measured, measurer, measures, meerkats, menacers, menswear, metamers, permease, prenames, racemose, reassume, reclames, redreams, reframes, reimages, remakers, remaster, resample, screamed, screamer, seadrome, seamster, seriemas, smearers, smearier, spearmen, steamers, steamier, stemware, streamed, streamer, teamster, temperas, verseman. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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