2. The seat of a bishop, whether an ordinary 
bishop, or a bishop of higher rank (metropoli- 
tan, etc., patriarch, pope); the local center of 
a diocese and of diocesan authority, or of a di- 
ocese and other subordinate dioceses; the city 
or locality from which ecclesiastical jurisdiction 
is exercised ; hence, episcopal rank, authority, 
and jurisdiction as exercised from a permanent 
local center. The word gee, from meaning any seat of 
dignity, came to apply specifically to the cathedra, or epis- 
copal throne, situated in a cathedral, thence to the city 
which contained the cathedral and was the chief city of 
a bishop's diocese, and so in modern usage to the dio- 
cese itself. It differs from diocese, however, in that diocese 
represents the territorial province for the care of which the 
bishop is responsible (that is, where his duties lie), whereas 
see is the local seat of his authority, dignity, and episcopal 
privileges. Both words differ from bishopric, in that bishop- 
ric represents the bishop's office, whether actual or nomi- 
nal. See throne. 
The church where the bishop is set with his college of 
presbyters about him we call a see. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 8. 
Apostolic see. See apostolic. Holy see, the see of 
Rome. See of Rome, the papal office or jurisdiction; 
the papal court. 
Others, that would to high preferment come, 
Leave vs, & flie vnto the Sea of Jtome. 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.X p. 51. 
seeable (se'a-bl), a. and n. [< late ME. sea- 
bylle; < seei"+ -able.] I. o. Capable of being 
seen; to be seen. 
II. n. That which is to be seen. [Rare.] 
We shall make a march of it, seeing all the seeables on 
the way. Southey, Letters, II. 271. (Davits.) 
seebachite (se'bak-It), n. [Named after Karl 
von Seebach, a German geologist (1839-78).] 
A zeolitic mineral from Richmond, near Mel- 
bourne, Victoria, probably identical with her- 
schelite. 
see-bright (se'brit), n. The clary, Salna Scla- 
rea. See clary? and sage 2 . 
seecatchie (se'kach"i), . [Local name: Rus- 
sian or Aleutian.] The male fur-seal or sea- 
bear of Alaska, Callorhinus ursinus. 
What catholic knowledge of fish and Hshing banks any 
one of those old seecatchie must possess which we observe 
hauled out on the 1'ribylov rookeries each summer ! 
Fisheries of U. S., V. ii. 854. 
seecawk (se'kak), n. [Cree Indian.] The com- 
mon American skunk, MepMtis mepJiitica. 
seed (sed), . [< ME. seed, sede, sed, sad, < AS. 
sled, seed, sowing, offspring, = OS. sad = OFries. 
sed = MD. sail, D. :aad = MLG. sat = OHG. 
MHG. sat, G. saat = Icel. sxtlii, sdth = Sw. sad 
= Dan. seed = Goth. *<?</<$ (in comp. mana-seths, 
mankind, the world), seed; with formative -a 
(-th), from the root of AS. saican, etc., sow: see 
6'oic 1 .] 1. The fertilized and matured ovule of 
the higher or flowering plants. It is a body within 
the pericarp or seed-vessel, containing an organized em- 
bryo, or nucleus, which, on being placed under favora- 
ble circumstances, develops into an individual similar 
to that from which it came. The reproductive bodies of 
the lower or flowerless plants (cryptogams) differ in their 
mode of germination and in other ways, and are not called 
true seeds, but spores. (Seesporc.) The seed-coats are those 
of the ovule two, or rarely only one. The outer, answer- 
ing to the primine, is the more firm and is not rarely crus- 
taceous in texture, and takes the name of testa (also spe r. 
moderm and episperm). The inner, answering to the sec- 
undine, is called legmen (sometimes endopleura); when 
present, it is always conformed to the nucleus, and is 
thin .or soft and delicate in texture. The seed-stalk or 
podosperm, when there is one, is the pedicel or attach- 
ment of the seed to the placenta, and answers to the fu- 
niculus of the ovule. The chalaza, raphe, and hilum of the 
ovule retain the same names in the seed. The foramen of 
the ovule is called the micropyle in the seed. The terms 
which denote the position of the ovule, such as orthotro- 
pous, anatropom, amphitropous, etc., also apply equally 
to the resulting seed. The nucleus may consist of the 
embryo alone, or of the embryo and the albumen, which 
is the nourishing substance upon which the developing 
plant is to feed until it is capable of maintaining itself. 
See the various terms, and cuts under anatropous, cawpy- 
lotropal, Cruciferx, ovary, and plumule. 
Cute of thaire kynde eke seedes wol renewe, 
And change hemself, as writeth clercs trewe. 
Palladiui, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 5. 
2. The male fecundating fluid ; semen; sperm 
or milt, as of fish ; spat, as of oysters : without 
a plural. 3. Very young animals, as oysters. 
Now the Wareham district gives little else except seed : 
that is, young oysters intended to be transferred to other 
localities where they may pursue their growth under 
more favorable conditions. Fisheries of U. S., V. ii. 515. 
4. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants: 
as, the seed of Abraham ; the seed of David. 
In this sense, chiefly scriptural, the word is applied to one 
person or to any number collectively, and is not used in 
the plural. 
The seed of Banquo kings ! Shale., Macbeth, iii. 1. 70. 
His faithfnll eyes were nxt upon that incorruptible re- 
ward, promis'd to Abraham and his seed in the Messiah. 
Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus. 
We, the latest seed of Time. Tennyson, Godiva. 
5464 
5. Race; generation; birth. 
O Israel, O household of the Lord, 
O Abraham's brats, brood of blessed seed, 
O chosen sheep that loved the Lord indeed ! 
Gascoiyne, De Profundis. 
Of mortal seed they were not held. 
Waller, To Zelindn. 
6. That from which anything springs; first prin- 
ciple ; origin : often in the plural : as, the nccdx 
of virtue or vice ; to sow the seeds of discord. 
Seeds and roots of shame and iniquity. 
Shale., Pericles, iv. 6. 93. 
These fruitful seeds within your mind they sowed ; 
'Twas yours to improve the talent they bestowed. 
Dryden, Cym. and Iph., 1. 495. 
7. Same as red-seed: a fishermen's term. 8. 
The egg or eggs of the commercial silkworm- 
moth, Sericaria mori. 
The egg of the silk-worm moth is called by silk-raisers 
the "seed." It is nearly round, slightly flattened, and in 
size resembles a turnip-seed. 
C. V. Kiley, A Manual of Instruction in Silk-culture. 
9. In glass-making, one of the small bubbles 
which form in imperfectly fused glass, and 
which, when the glass is worked, assume elon- 
gated or ovoid forms, resembling the shapes of 
some seeds. Angola seeds, crabs'-eyes. See Abrus. 
Cevadilla seeds. See cemdUla. Cold seeds. See 
cold. Coriander-seed. See coriander. Cumin-seed. 
Seed/mm, 2. Holy seed. See holy. Husk-seed. Same 
as atnber-seed. Niger or ram til seeds. See Guizotia. 
To run to seed. See nmi, c. '. To set seed. See seti. 
(See also amber-seed, bawchan-seed, bonduc-seeds, canary- 
seed, fern-seed, mustard-seed.) 
seed (sed), r. [< ME. seeden, seden, < AS. siedi- 
an, provide with seed, < sxd, seed: see seed, .] 
I. intrans. To go to seed ; produce seed ; grow 
to maturity : as, plants that will not seed in a 
cold climate. 
The Hoiire nel seeden of my corn. 
Horn, of the Rose, 1. 4344. 
Your chere floureth, but hit wol not sede. 
Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite. 1. 806. 
They pick up all the old roots, exoept what they design 
for seed, which they let stand to seed the next year. 
Mortimer, Husbandry. 
The tree [teak] seeds freely every year. 
Encyc. Brit., XXIII. 103. 
The old are all against you, for the name of pleasure is 
an affront to them ; they know no other kind of it than 
that which has flowered and seeded, and of which the with- 
ered stems have indeed a rueful look. 
Landor, Imag. Conv., Epicurus, Leontion, and Ternissa. 
II. trans. 1. To sow; plant; sprinkle or sup- 
ply with or as with seed. 2. To cover with 
something thinly scattered ; ornament with 
small and separate figures. 
A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. 
D. Jonson, Part of the King's Entertainment. 
3f. To graft. [Rare.] 
Or thus I rede 
You doo : with gentil graffes hem [vines] to sede. 
Pattadius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.\ p. 107. 
4. In lard-rendering and -refining, to granulate 
by slow cooling, or cooling without stirring, as 
stearin in lard To seed down, to sow with grass-seed. 
seed-bag (sed'bag), n. A bag designed to con- 
tain seeds ; specifically, a bag filled with flax- 
seed, put around the tubing in a bore-hole, in 
order that by its swelling it may form a water- 
tight packing : formerly extensively used in the 
oil-region of Pennsylvania. 
seed-basket (sed'bas'ket), . In agri., a bas- 
ket for holding the seed to be sown. 
seed-bed (sed'bed), n. A piece of ground pre- 
pared for receiving seed: often used figura- 
tively. 
The family, then, was the primal unit of political soci- 
ety, and the seed-bed of all larger growths of government. 
W. Wilson, State, 26. 
seed-bird (sed'berd), n. The water-wagtail. 
Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
seedboz (sed'boks), . 1. In bot., a seed-vessel 
or capsule. 2. See Ludwigia. 
seed-bud (sed'bud), n. The germ, germen, or 
rudiment of the fruit in embryo ; the ovule. 
seed-cake (sed'kak), . A sweet cake contain- 
ing aromatic seeds. 
seed-coat (sed'kot), . In hot., the covering 
of a seed, usually tie testa, or exterior coat. 
seed-cod (sed'kod), n. A basket or vessel for 
holding seed while the husbandman is sowing 
it; a seed-leap. [Prov. Eng.] 
seed-coral (sed'kor'al), n. Coral in very small 
and irregular pieces as used in the arts. Com- 
pare negligee beads, under negligee. 
seed-cofn (sed'korn), n. Corn or grain for seed : 
seed-grain ; ears or kernels of maize set apart 
as seed for a new crop. 
Who else like you 
Could sift the seedcorn from our chaff? 
Lowell, To Holmes. 
seeding 
Seed-corn maggot, 
the grub of a lly \\liic h 
injures corn. Sec maj- 
ffOt aild Alltltnutnnl. 
seed-crusher (sed'- 
kmefa'to), . An 
instrument for 
Crushing Seeds for Seed-corn Maggot (.Anlhomyia It* 
the purpose Of eX- . maggot llinciEowi natural size); , 
f . , . , pupa, natural size. 
pressing their oil. 
seed-down (sed'- 
doun), H. The down 
on certain seeds, 
as the cotton. 
seed-drill (sed'- 
dril), H. A ma- 
chine for sowing 
Seed in rOWS Or Kernels of Maize, showing work of the 
drifts; a drill. 
seed-eater (sed'e"ter), . A granivorous bird; 
specifically, a bird of the genus Spermopkila or 
Sporophila (as S. moreleti of Texas and Mexico) 
and some related genera of small American 
finches. See also Spermestes, and compare Chon- 
destes Little seed-eater. See yrastquit. 
seeded (se'ded), . [< seed + -ed 2 .] 1. Bearing 
seed; hence, matured; full-grown. 
The seeded pride 
That hath to this maturity blown up 
In rank Achilles must or now be cropp'd. 
Shak., T. and C., I. 3. 316. 
The silent seeded mellow grass. 
Tennyson, Pelleas and Ettarre. 
2. Sown ; sprinkled with seed. 3. In her., 
having the stamens indicated : used only when 
they are of a different tincture from the rest of 
the flower: as, a rose gules seeded or Fieur-de- 
lls seeded. See fleur-de-lis. 
seed-embroidery (sed'em-broi'der-i), n. Em- 
broidery in which the seeds of certain plants 
are fastened upon the ground and form parts of 
the design, as pumpkin-, melon-, and cucum- 
ber-seeds. 
seeder (se'der), n. [< seed + -er^.'] 1. One 
who or that which sows or plants seeds ; a seed- 
planting tool or machine ; a seeding-machine or 
sower; a seed-drill. 2. An apparatus for re- 
moving seeds from fruit : as, a raisin-sm/er. 
3. A breeding or spawning fish; a seed-fish. 
seed-field (sed'feld), . A field in which seed 
is raised, or a field ready for seeding. 
Time Is not sleeping, nor Time's seedfield. 
Carlyle, French Rev., II. iii. 2. 
seed-finch (sed'finch), . A South American 
finch of the genus (>ry:oborus. P. L. Sclater. 
seed-fish (sed'fish), . A fish containing seed, 
roe, or spawn ; a ripe fish. 
seed-fowlt (sed'foul), . [< ME. sede-foul; < 
seed + fowl 1 .] A bird that feeds on grain, or 
such birds collectively. 
The eede-foul chosen hadde 
The tuitel trewe, and gan hir to hem calle. 
Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls, 1. 676. 
seedful (sed'ful), . [< seed + -//.] Full of 
seed ; pregnant ; rich in promise. 
She sits all gladly-sad expecting 
Som flame (against her fragrant heap reflecting) 
To burn her sacred bones to seedfull cinders. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartaa'fi Weeks, 1. 5. 
seed-gall (sed'gal), w. A small gall, as if a 
seed, raised on any plant by one of various in- 
sects, as the phylloxera. 
seed-garden (sed'gar"dn), . A garden for 
raising seed. 
seed-grain (sed'gran), . Corn or grain used as 
seed for a new crop ; hence, that from which 
anything springs. 
The primary seed-grain of the Norse Religion. 
Carlyle, Hero- Worship, i. 
In 1876 and 1877 the grasshoppers ruined the wheat crops 
of Minnesota, and reduced many farmers to a condition of 
distress. The Legislature accordingly made profuse seed- 
grain loans to individuals, to be refunded gradually in the 
form of special taxes. Contemporary Rev. , LI. 700. 
seediness(se'di-nes), H. [< seedy + -ness.] The 
character or condition of being seedy, (a) The 
state of abounding in seed. (6) Shabbiness; worn-out ap- 
pearance. 
A casual visitor might suppose this place to be a Tem- 
ple dedicated to the Genius of Seediness. 
JHckem, Pickwick, xliii. 
(c) Exhausted or worn-out condition as regards health or 
spirits. [Colloq.] 
What is called seediiuss, after a debauch, is a plain proof 
that nature has been outraged, and will have her penalty. 
J. 8. Blac/de, Self-Culture, p. O. r i. 
seeding (se'ding), . [Verbal n. of seed, c.] 
The sowing of or with seed. 
"Blessed is he that considereth the poor"; there is the 
seeding: " the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trou- 
ble ; tiiere is the harvest." Rec. T. Adams, Works, II. 373. 
