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English
Etymology
un- + seam
Pronunciation
Verb
unseam (third-person singular simple present unseams, present participle unseaming, simple past and past participle unseamed)
- (transitive) To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut open.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Till he unseam'd him from the nave to th' chaps, and fix'd his head upon our battlements.