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enseaming

enseaming is the present participle and gerund of enseam.

Meaning of enseam

Verb

enseam (third-person singular simple present enseams, present participle enseaming, simple past and past participle enseamed)

  1. (obsolete) To remove the surplus fat from a horse or (in falconry) a bird.
    • She was not clene ensaymed,
      She was not wel reclaymed;
      But the fawconer unfayned
      Was moch more febler brayned.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 63, lines 79–83
  2. (obsolete) To sew or stitch up in a covering

Questions about enseaming

What is enseaming the present participle and gerund of?
Enseaming is the present participle and gerund of enseam.

Words near enseaming in the dictionary

  1. ensealed
  2. ensealing
  3. enseals
  4. enseam
  5. enseamed
  6. enseaming
  7. enseams
  8. ensear
  9. ensearch
  10. ensearched
  11. ensearches

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