Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SEED-PEARL

SEE'D-PEARL, noun [seed and pearl.] Small grains of pearl.

1298

SEED-PLAT

SEE'D-PLAT, noun [seed and plat.]SEE'D-PLOT,1. The ground on which seeds are sown to produce plants for transplanting; hence,2. A nursery; a place where any thing is sown or pla...

1299

SEED-TIME

SEE'D-TIME, noun [seed and time] The season proper for sowing.While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and winter, and day and night, shall not cease...

1300

SEED-VESSEL

SEE'D-VESSEL, noun In botany, the pericarp which contains the seeds.

1301

SEEDLING

SEE'DLING, noun A young plant or root just sprung from the seed.

1302

SEEDNESS

SEE'DNESS, noun Seed-time. [Not in use.]

1303

SEEDSMAN

SEE'DSMAN, noun [seed and man.] A person who deals in seeds; also, a sower.

1304

SEEDY

SEE'DY, adjective [from seed.]1. Abounding with seeds.2. Having a peculiar flavor, supposed to be derived from the weeds growing amoung vines; applied to French brandy.

1305

SEEING

SEE'ING, participle present tense [from see.] Perceiving by the eye; knowing; understanding; observing; beholding.[Note. This participle appears to be used indefinitely, or with...

1306

SEEK

SEEK, verb transitive pret and participle passivesought, pronounced sawt. [L. sequor, to follow; for to seek is to go after, and the primary sense is to advance, to press, to dr...

1307

SEEK-SORROW

SEE'K-SORROW, noun. [seek and sorrow.] One that contrives to give himself vexation. [Littleused.]

1308

SEEKER

SEEKER, noun.1. One that seeks; an inquirer; as a seeker of truth.2. One of a sect that profess no determinate religion.

1309

SEEL

SEEL, v. t. To close the eyes; a term of falconry, from the practice of the closing the eyes of a wild hawk.SEEL, v. i. [See Sell.] To lean; to incline to one side. Obs.SEEL, no...

1310

SEELILY

SEE'LILY, adv. In a silly manner. Obs.

1311

SEELING

SEE'LING,SEEL, noun. Time; opportunity; season. Obs.

1312

SEELY

SEE'LY, adjective. [from seel.]1. Lucky; fortunate. Obs.2. Silly; foolish; simple. Obs. [See Silly.]

1313

SEEM

SEEM, v. i.1. To appear; to make or have a show or semblance.Thou art not what thou seems't. Shak.All seem'd well pleased; all seem'd, but were not all. Milton.2. To have the ap...

1314

SEEMER

SEE'MER, noun. One that carries an appearance or semblance.Hence we shall seeIf pow'r change purpose, what our seemers be. Shak.

1315

SEEMING

SEE'MING, ppr.1. Appearing; having the appearance or semblance, whether real or not.2.adjective. Specious.SEE'MING, noun.1. Appearance; show; semblance.2. Fair appearance.These ...

1316

SEEMINGLY

SEE'MINGLY, adv. In appearance; in show; in semblance.This the father seemingly complied with. Addison.they depend often on remote and seemingly disproportioned causes. Atterbury.

1317

SEEMINGNESS

SEE'MINGNESS, noun. Fair appearance; plausibility.

1318

SEEMLESS

SEE'MLESS, adjective. Unseemly; unfit; indecorous. Obs.

1319

SEEMLINESS

SEE'MLINESS, noun. [from seemly.] Comliness; grace; fitness; propriety; decency; decorum.When seemliness combines with portliness. Camden.

1320

SEEMLY

SEE'MLY, adjective. Becoming; fit; suited to the object, occasion, purpose or character; suitable.Suspense of judgement and excercise of charity were safer and seemlier for chri...

1321

SEEMLYHEAD

SEE'MLYHEAD, [See Head and Hood.] Comely or decent appearance. Obs.

1322

SEEN

SEEN, pp. of see.1. Beheld; observed; understood.2.adjective. Versed; skilled.Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen- Obs. Dryden.

1323

SEER

SEER, noun. [from see.]1. One who sees; as a seer of visions.2. A prophet; a person who forsees future events.