To see about a thing, to pay attention to it; to consider it.To see on, to look at. [Obs.] "She was full more blissful on to see." Chaucer.To see to. (a) To look at; to behold; to view. [Obs.] "An altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to" Josh. xxii. 10. (b) To take care about; to look after; as, to see to a fire.

Seed
(Seed) n.; pl. Seed or Seeds [OE. seed, sed, AS. s&aemacrd, fr. sawan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G. saat, Icel. sað, sæði, Goth. manaseþs seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf. Colza.]

1. (Bot.) (a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant. (b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself.
Gen. i. 11.

The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.

2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm; — not used in the plural.

3. That from which anything springs; first principle; original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.

4. The principle of production.

Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed,
Which may the like in coming ages breed.
Waller.

5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.

In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to any number collectively, and admits of the plural form, though rarely used in the plural.

6. Race; generation; birth.

Of mortal seed they were not held.
Waller.

Seed bag(Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole.Seed bud(Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the embryo state; the ovule.Seed coat(Bot.), the covering of a seed.Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.Seed down(Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as cotton seed.

3. To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; — generally with to; as, to see to the house.

See that ye fall not out by the way.
Gen. xlv. 24.

Let me see, Let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration of a subject, or some scheme or calculation.

Cassio's a proper man, let me see now, -
To get his place.
Shak.

See is sometimes used in the imperative for look, or behold. "See. see! upon the banks of Boyne he stands." Halifax.


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