A one-page dictionary entry describing the Royer & Lincoln seaming machine, used in print works, bleacheries, dye works and cotton mills to join the ends of cloth and knit goods. It explains the ring of grooved points that holds the loops, the ratchet feed, and the needle and looper mechanism, and notes how to change the gage and the recommended driving speed. It includes an illustration of the seaming and turning-off machine (Fig. 2211).