seeding-machine 
seeding-machine (se'ding-ma-shen"), H. An 
agricultural machine for sowing or planting 
seeds, including machines for planting seeds in 
hills, drills, or broadcast ; a seeder. Many of these 
machines form the furrow, deposit the seeds, ami cover 
them by means of a following wheel or other device. 
Seeding-plOW (se'ding-plou), ii. A plow fitted 
with a hopper, from which seed is automatically 
deposited in the furrow as it is turned. 
seed-lac (sed'lak), it. See lac 2 , 1. 
seed-leaf (sed'lef), . In bot., a cotyledon. Also 
called seminal leaf. See cuts under exoijen and 
plumule. 
seed-leap (sed'lep), n. [Also seed-lip, seed-lop; 
< ME. seed-leep, seed-lep, secllepe, < AS. sledleep, 
siedledp, a seed-basket, < seed, seed, + leap, a 
basket: see seed and leap?.] A seed-basket ; a 
vessel in which a sower carries seed. Bailey, 
1731. 
seedless (sed'les), a. [< seed + -less.~\ Having 
no seeds: as, a seedless orange. 
seedling (sed'ling), n. and a. [< seed + -ling 1 .'] 
1. n. A plant reared from the seed, as distin- 
guished from one propagated by layering, or 
from a budded or grafted tree or shrub. 
II. a. Produced from the seed : as, a seedling 
pansy_. 
seed-lip, seed-lop (sed'lip, -lop), . Same as 
seed-leap. 
seed-lobe (sed'lob), . In bot., a seed-leaf; a 
cotyledon. 
seedman (sed'man), . Same as seedsman. 
seednesst (sed'n'es), n. [< ME. sedness; < seed 
+ -ness.] Sowing. 
Trymenstre sedness eke is to respite 
To places colde of winter snowes white. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 10. 
Blossoming time 
That from the seediiess the bare fallow brings 
To teeming foison. Shak., M. for M., i. 4. 42. 
seed-oil (sed'oil), n. See oil and pulza-oil. 
seed-oysters (sed'ois'terz), n. pi. Very young 
oysters, fit fo_r planting. 
seed-pearl (sed'perl), n. See pearl. 
seed-planter (sed'plan"ter), n. A seeding-ma- 
chine or seeder. The term is applied espe- 
cially to machines for planting seed in hills. 
seed-plat (sed'plat), w. Same as seed-plot. 
seed-plot (sed'plot), n. A piece of ground in 
which seeds are sown to produce plants for 
transplanting; a piece of nursery-ground; 
hence, figuratively, a nursery or hotbed. 
In France ! that garden of humanity, 
The very seed-plot of all courtesies. 
B. Jonson, Magnetick Lady, iii. 4. 
seed-sheet (sed'shet), . The sheet containing 
the seed which a sower carries with him. Car- 
lyle. 
seedsman (sedz'man), n.; pi. seedsmen (-men). 
[< seed's, poss. of seed, + man.'} 1. A sower; 
one who scatters seed. 
Strange, untrue, and unnatural conceits set abroad by 
seedsmen of rebellion, only to animate unquiet spirits. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, viii. 2. 
The seedsman 
Upon the slime and ooze scatters the grain, 
And shortly comes to harvest. 
Shak., A. audC., ii. 7. 24. 
2. A dealer in seeds. 
seed-sower (sed'sd"er), . A broadcast seeding- 
machine or seeder, used especially for grain- 
and grass-planting. 
seed-stalk (sed'stak), . In bot., the funiculus. 
See seed, 1. 
seedstert (sed'ster), . [< seed + -ster.] A 
sower. [Rare.] 
Fell Mars (the Seedster of debate). 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. 
seed-tick (sed'tik), n. A young or small tick: 
applied to any species of Ixodes, especially the 
cattle-tick, /. bovis. [U. S.] 
With se'ed-tifk coffee and ordinary brown sugar cost- 
ing fabulous sums and almost impossible to be obtained, 
it is small matter of wonder that the unsatisfied appetite 
of the rebel sharpshooter at his post far to the front often 
impelled him . . . to call a parley with the Yankee across 
the line. The Century, XXXVI. 766. 
seed-time (sed'tim), . [<ME. *sedtime, < AS. 
sied-tima (= Icel. xath-timi), seed-time, time for 
sowing, < Kifil, seed, sowing, + tirna, time: see 
seed and time.'] The season proper for sowing 
seed. 
While the earth remaineth, seedtiine and harvest, and 
cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night 
shall not cease. Gen. viii. ~1'L 
Too forward seed-tmies make thy harvest lame. 
Quark's, Emblems, iv. 4. 
seed-vessel (sed'ves"el), w. In lint., the peri- 
carp which contains Hie seeds. See cuts under 
dehisceiice, flux, and follicle. 
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Seed-weevil (dpion 
(Cress shows natural size.) 
seed- weevil (sed'we'vl), . A small weevil 
which infests seeds, as a species of Apion. See 
Apioninse. 
seed-wool (sed'wul), n. Raw cotton when 
freshly taken from the bolls, before the seeds 
have been separated from the fiber. 
seedy 1 (se'di), . [< seed + -i/ 1 .] 1. Abound- 
ing with seeds; running to seed. 
Of human weeds I shall not now speak except to observe 
how seedy they are, how they increase and multiply over 
the more valuable and highly cultivated plants. 
The Century, XIX. 689. 
2. Having a peculiar flavor, supposed to be 
derived from weeds growing among the vines: 
applied to French brandy. 3. Pull of spawn, 
as a seed-fish. 4. Run to seed; no longer 
fresh, new, or prosperous ; worn-out ; shabby ; 
poor: as, a seedy coat; to look rather seedy. 
However seedy M r. Bagshot may be now, if he hath really 
played this frolic with you, you may believe he will play it 
with others, and when he is in cash you may depend on a 
restoration. Fielding, Jonathan Wild, i. 12. (Dames.) 
He is a little seedy, . . . not well in clothes. 
Goldsmith, Good-natured Man, iii. 
5. Looking or feeling wretched, as after a de- 
bauch; not well; out of' sorts. [Colloq.] 6. 
In glass-making, containing the bubbles called 
seed. 
The mixture will melt from the top only, the lower part 
not being sufficiently heated ; and, whatever efforts the 
founder may make subsequently, his found will be pro- 
longed, and his glass will be seedy. Glass-making, p. 120. 
seedy 2 , n. See sidi. 
seedy-toe (se'di-to), n. A diseased condition 
of a horse's foot, in which the hoof-wall near 
its lower margin is separated from the bone by 
the formation of imperfect horn. 
Any horse with the least tendency to seedy-toe, thrush, 
or any such disease of the feet. 
The Field (London), Jan. SO, 1886. 
seeing (se'ing), conj. [Orig. ppr. of see 1 , v., 
agreeing with the subject expressed or under- 
stood.] Because; inasmuch as; since; con- 
sidering; taking into account, or in view of 
the fact (with that expressed or understood). 
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me? 
Gen. xxvi. 27. 
Seeing I have now mentioned the guarde, I will make 
some large relation thereof. Coryat, Crudities, I. 40, sig. D. 
seeing-stonet (se'ing-ston), . A looking-glass ; 
a mirror. 
They must look into that true seeing-stone, the teaching 
of Christ's Church, whose holy volumes they beheld be- 
fore them, sparkling with the emblematical ball of crys- 
tal. Rock, Church of our Fathers, i. 295. 
seek 1 (sek), r. ; pret. and pp. sought, ppr. seek- 
ing. [< ME. seken, also assibilated neechen, 
sechen (pret. souhte, soghte, sohtc, pp. solit, sogt, 
sowt), < AS. secan, seeean (pret. sohte, pp. ye- 
solit) = OS. sokian = OFries. seka = D. soeken 
= MLG. soken, LG. soekeu = OHG. suohhnn, 
MHG. suoehen, G. siicJien = Icel. seekja (for 
*seekja) = Sw. soka = Dan. sdne = Goth, sokjan, 
seek; prob. connected with sacan (pret. soc), 
fight, contend, sacu, strife, etc. (see sate 1 ), and 
akin to Ir. sdigim, lead, perhaps to L. sagire, 
perceive quickly or acutely, Gr. fiytlaftai, lead. 
Hence in cornp. beseek, now only beseech.'] I. 
trans. 1. To go in search or quest of; look or 
search for; endeavor to find: often followed 
by out. 
To the whiche oure Lord sente seynt Peter and seynt 
James, for to seche the Asse, upon Palme Sonday, and rode 
upon that Asse to Jerusalem. Mandeville, Travels, p. 97. 
Antonio . . . did range the town to seek me out. 
Shak.,T. N., iv. 3.7. 
2. To inquire for; ask for; solicit; desire or try 
to obtain. 
seeker 
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their 
meat from God. Ps. civ. 21. 
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. Luke jci. 16. 
Charles was not imposed on his countrymen, but sought 
by them. Macaulay, Sir J. Mackintosh. 
3. To go to; resort to; have recourse to. 
And to vysyte ayen suchc other holy place as we had 
deuocion vnto, and also to seke and vysyte dyuei s pylgrym- 
ages and holy thyuge that we had not sene byforne. 
Sir It. Guylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 46. 
Seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos v. 5. 
The Queen, not well pleased with these Proceedings, 
seeks all Means to incite the Lords of her Party, and they 
as much seek to incite her to make Opposition. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 194. 
4. To aim at ; pursue as an object ; strive af- 
ter; attempt: as, to seek a person's life or his 
ruin. 
I do forgive you ; 
And though you sought my blood, yet I'll pray for you. 
Beau, and Fl., Thierry and Theodoret, v. 2. 
5. To try; endeavor: with an infinitive object. 
Lying report hath sought to appeach mine honour. 
Greene, Pandosto (1688). 
A thousand ways he seeks 
To mend the hurt that his unkindness marr'd. 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 477. 
Why should he mean me ill, or seek to harm ? 
Milton, P. L., ix. 1152. 
Some, covetous 
Above the rest, seek to engross me whole, 
And counter-work the one unto the other. 
B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. 
6. To search; search through. 
Whan thei weren comen azen fro the Chace, the! wenten 
and soughten the Wodes, zif ony of hem had ben hid in 
the thikke of the Wodes. Mandeville, Travels, p. 226. 
Have I sought every country far and near, 
And, now it is my chance to find thee out, 
Must I behold thy timeless cruel death? 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 4. 3. 
They've sought Clyde's water up and doun, 
They've sought it out and in. 
Young Jiedin (Child's Ballads, III. 16). 
7t. To look at; consult. Minshcu seek dead! 
the order given by a sportsman to a dog to search for and 
retrieve killed game. 
II. intrans. If. To go; proceed; resort; have 
recourse; apply: with to. 
The soudiours by assent sof/hten to the tempull. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3221. 
Now, Queen of Comfort ! sithe thou art that same 
To whom I seeche for my medicyne, 
Lat not my foo no more my wonnde entame. 
Chaucer, A. B. C., 1. 78. 
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, 
which God had put in his heart. 1 Ki. x. 24. 
Wisdom's self 
Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude. 
Milton, Com us, 1. 376. 
2. To search, or make search or inquiry. 
Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find. 
Mat. vii. 7. 
I'll not seek far ... to find thee 
An honourable husband. Shak., W. T., v. 3. 141. 
Sought after, in demand ; desired ; courted : as, his com- 
pany is greatly sottght after. 
You see, my good wenches, how men of merit are sought 
after. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 40E. 
To seek, (a) To be sought ; desired but out of reach or 
not found : as, the work has been decided on, but the man 
to carry it out is still to seek. 
Oure counseil was nat longe for to seche. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 784. 
This King hath stood the worst of them in his own 
House without danger, when his Coach and Horses, in a 
Panic feare, have bin to seek. Milton, Eikonoklaste?, iv. 
(6t) At aloss ; without knowledge, experience, or resources ; 
helpless : used adjectively, usually with be. 
So shall not our English Poets, though they be to seeke of 
the Greeke and Latin languages, lament for lack of know- 
ledge sufficient to the purpose of this aite. 
Putlenham, Arte of Eng. Foesie, p. 131. 
For, if you reduce usury to one low rate, it will ease Ihe 
common borrower, but the merchant will be to seeke for 
money. Bacon, Usury. 
I that have dealt so long in the fire will not be to seek 
in amoke now. B. Jonsoit, Bartholomew Fair, ii. 1. 
Does he not also leave us wholly to seek in the art of po- 
litical wagering? Swift, Tale of a Tub, v. 
To Seek for, to endeavor to nnd. 
The sailors sought for safety by our boat. 
Shak., C. of E., i. 1. 77. 
To seek OUtt, to withdraw. 
An you engross them all for your own use, 'tis time for 
me to seek out. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 
To seek upont, to make trial of. 
Sometyme be we suffred for to seke 
Upon a man, and doon his souleunreste, 
And nat his body, and al is for the beste. 
Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 19t). 
seek'-'t, a. A Middle English form of nick 1 . 
seeker (se'ker), . [< ME. seker, sekere; < seek 1 
+ -er 1 .] 1. One whoseeks; an inquirer: as, a 
