Seedman
(Seed"man) See Seedsman.
Seedness
(Seed"ness), n. Seedtime. [Obs.] Shak.
Seedsman
(Seeds"man) n.; pl. Seedsmen
1. A sower; one who sows or scatters seed.
The seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain.
Shak. 2. A person who deals in seeds.
Seedtime
(Seed"time`) n. [AS. s&aemacrdtima.] The season proper for sowing.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day
and night, shall not cease.
Gen. viii. 22. Seedy
(Seed"y) a. [Compar. Seedier ; superl. Seediest.]
1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds.
2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; — said of
certain kinds of French brandy.
3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as,
he looked seedy; a seedy coat. [Colloq.]
Little Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law.
Goldsmith. Seedy toe, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between
the laminæ and the wall of the hoof.
Seeing
(See"ing) conj. (but originally a present participle). In view of the fact (that); considering; taking
into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; - - followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing
that he was so young.
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me?
Gen. xxvi. 27. Seek
(Seek) a. Sick. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Seek
(Seek), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sought ; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeking.] [OE. seken, AS. secan, secean; akin
to OS. sokian, LG. söken, D. zoeken, OHG. suohhan, G. suchen, Icel. sækja, Sw. söka, Dan. söge,
Goth. sokjan, and E. sake. Cf. Beseech, Ransack, Sagacious, Sake, Soc.]
1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.
The man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren.
Gen. xxxvii. 15,
16. 2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.
Luke xi. 16. 3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
