SEDIMENTARY

Sedimentary (sed-i-ment' a-ri), a. Containing sediment; consisting of sediment; formed by sediment; consisting of matter that has subsided. - Sedimentary rocks, rocks which have been formed by materials deposited from a state of suspension in

water.

Sedimentation (sed'i-men-ta"shon), n. The deposition of sediment; the accumulation of earthy sediment to form strata.

There must have been a complete continuity of life, and a more or less complete continuity of sedi mentation, from the Laurentian period to the present day. H. A. Nicholson.

Sedition (se-dishon), n. [L. seditio, seditionis, a dissension, discord, sedition-sed, for se, apart, and itio, itionis, a going, from eo, itum, to go-lit. a going apart. The word has nothing to do with sedeo, to sit.] A factious commotion in a state, not amounting to an insurrection; or the stirring up of such a commotion; a rousing of discontent against government and disturbance of public tranquillity, as by inflammatory speeches or writings; acts or language tending to breach of the public peace; as, to be guilty of sedition; to stir up a sedition; a document full of sedition. Sedition, which is not strictly a legal term, comprises such offences against the state as do not amount to treason. It is of the like tendency with treason, but without the overt acts which are essential to the latter. Thus there are seditious assemblies, seditious libels, &c., as well as direct and indirect threats and acts amounting to sedition; all of which are punishable as misdemeanours by fine and imprisonment.

And he released unto them him that for sedition

and murder was cast into prison. Luke xxiii. 25. Insurrection, Sedition, Rebellion, &c. See INSURRECTION.

Seditionary (se-di’shon-a-ri), n. An inciter or promoter of sedition. Bp. Hall. Seditious (se-dishus), a. [Fr. 8 ditieux, L. seditiosus.] 1. Pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of sedition; tending to excite sedition; as, seditious behaviour; seditions strife; seditious words or writings. 2. Exciting or aiding in sedition; guilty of sedition; as, seditious persons. Seditiously (se-di ́shus-li), adv. In a seditious manner; with tumultuous opposition to law; in a manner to violate the public 'Such sectaries as... do thus sedipeace. tiously endeavour to disturb the land.' Bp. Bancroft. Seditiousness (se-di ́shus-nes), n. The state or quality of being seditious; the disposition to excite popular commotion in opposition to law; or the act of exciting such commotion; factious turbulence.

Sedrat (sed'råt), n. In Mohammedan myth. the lotus-tree which stands on the right side of the invisible throne of Allah. Each seed of its fruit contains a houri, and two rivers issue from its roots. Innumerable birds carol in its branches, which exceed in width the distance between heaven and earth, and numberless angels rest in their shade. Seduce (se-düs'), v.t. pret. & pp. seduced; ppr. seducing. [L. seduco-se, apart, and duco, to lead.] 1. To draw aside or entice from the path of rectitude and duty in any manner, as by promises, bribes, or otherwise; to tempt and lead to iniquity; to lead astray; to corrupt.

Me the gold of France did not seduce. Shak. In the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits. I Tim. iv. 1. Specifically-2. To entice to a surrender of chastity.

Seducement (se-dus'ment), n. 1. The act of seducing; seduction.-2. The means employed to seduce; the arts of flattery, falsehood, and deception.

Her hero's dangers touched the pitying power, The nymph's seducements, and the magic bower. Pope. Seducer (sé-düs'èr), n. 1. One that seduces; one that by temptation or arts entices another to depart from the path of rectitude and duty; pre-eminently, one that by flattery, promises, or falsehood, persuades a female to surrender her chastity.

Grant it me, O king; otherwise a seducer flourishes, And a poor maid is undone. Shak. 2. That which leads astray; that which entices to evil.

He whose firm faith no reason could remove, Will melt before that soft seducer, love. Dryden. Seducible (se-düs'i-bl), a. Capable of being seduced or drawn aside from the path of rectitude; corruptible. The power which

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our affections have over our seducible understandings. Glanville. Seducingly (se-düs'ing-li), adv. In a seducing manner.

Ld.

Seducive (se-düs'iv), a. Seductive. Lytton. [Rare.] Seduction (se-duk'shon), n. [L. seductio, seductionis. See SEDUCE.] 1. The act of seducing, or of enticing from the path of duty; enticement to evil; as, the seductions of wealth.-2. The act or crime of persuading a female, by flattery or deception, to surrender her chastity.

A woman who is above flattery, and despises all praise but that which flows from the approbation of her own heart, is, morally speaking, out of reach of seduction. Richardson.

Seductive (se-duk'tiv), a. Tending to seduce or lead astray; apt to mislead by flattering appearances. 'Soft seductive arts.' Lang

horne.

Seductively (se-duk'tiv-li), adv. In a seductive manner.

Seductress (se-duk'tres), n. A female seducer; a female who leads astray. Sedulity (se-du'li-ti), n. [L. sedulitas. See SEDULOUS.] The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry.

Let there be but the same propensity and bent of will to religion, and there will be the same sedulity and indefatigable industry in men's inquiries into it. South

Sedulous (sed'u-lus), a. [L. sedulus, from the root of sedeo, to sit; as assiduous, from assideo.] Lit. sitting close to an employment; hence, assiduous; diligent in application or pursuit; constant, steady, and persevering in business, or in endeavours to effect an object; steadily industrious. The sedulous bee.' Prior.

What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may lead us to such an end? Sir R. L'Estrange. Sedulously (sed'u-lus-li), adv. In a sedulous manner; assiduously; industriously; diligently; with constant or continued application. Sedulously think to meliorate thy stock.' J. Philips. Sedulousness (sed'u-lus-nes), n. The state or quality of being sedulous; assiduity; assiduousness; steady diligence; continued industry or effort.

By their sedulousness and their erudition they discovered difficulties. Boyle. Sedum (se'dum), n. [From L. sedeo, to sit. The plants are found growing upon stones, rocks, walls, and roofs of houses.] A genus of plants, nat. order Crassulaceae. It comprises about 120 species of succulent herbs, erect or prostrate, with opposite, alternate, or whorled leaves, and usually cymose white, yellow, or pink flowers. They are inhabitants of the temperate and colder parts of the earth, and are often found in dry, barren, rocky, or arid situations, where nothing else will grow. Many of them are British, and a number of the foreign species are cultivated in our gardens. The British species are known by the common name of stonecrop. The leaves of S. Telephium were sometimes eaten as a salad, and the roots were formerly in request as a remedy in hæmorrhoids and other diseases. S. acre (acrid stonecrop or wall-pepper) was formerly much used as a remedy in scorbutic diseases. When applied to the skin it produces vesication, and when taken internally it causes vomiting. S. album, or white stonecrop, was also formerly used in medicine, and eaten cooked, or as a salad. See (se), n. [Formerly also se, sea, from O. Fr. se, sed, from L. sedes, a seat.] 1. The seat of episcopal power; the diocese or jurisdiction of a bishop or archbishop; as, the see of Durham; an archiepiscopal see.-2. The authority of the pope; the papal court; as, to appeal to the see of Rome.-3. † A seat of power generally; a throne.

Jove laugh'd on Venus from his soverayne see.
Spenser.

See (se), v.t. pret. saw; pp. seen. [A. Sax. seon, contr. for seahan, to see; pret. seah, I saw, sawon, we saw, pp. gesewen; cog. Icel. sjá, to see, sé, I see; Dan. see, D. zien, Goth. saihwan, G. sehen--to see. The root evidently had a final guttural, and some connect see with L. sequor, to follow, or with seco, secare, to cut.] 1. To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of objects by the organs of sight; to behold.

I will now turn aside and see this great sight.
Ex. iii. 3-

SEE

2. To perceive mentally; to form a conception or idea of; to observe; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend.

All will come to nought,

When such bad dealing must be seen in thought. Shak.

3. To regard or look to; to take care of; to give attention to; to attend, as to the execution of some order or to the performance of something. See the lists and all things fit.' Shak.

Lend me thy lantern, to see my gelding in the stable. Shak. See that ye fall not out by the way. Gen. xiv. 24. Give them first one simple idea, and see that they fully comprehend it before you go any further. Locke.

4. To wait upon; to attend; to escort; as, to see a lady home.-5. To have intercourse or communication with; to meet or associate

with.

6. To call on; to visit; to have an interview with; as, to go to see a friend.

Come, Casca, you and I will yet ere day
See Brutus at his house.
Shak.

7. To feel; to suffer; to experience; to know by personal experience.

If a man keep my saying he shall never see death. Jn. viii. 51. When remedies are past the griefs are ended By seeing the worst. Shak Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years in which we have seen evil. Ps. xc. 15.

Seen was formerly used as an adjective in the sense of skilful, familiar by frequent use or practice, versed, accomplished. 'A schoolmaster well seen in music.' Shak. 'A gentleman . . . extraordinarily seen in divers strange mysteries.' Beau, & Fl 'Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen.' Dry

den.

Sir James Melvil was too well seen in courts to have used this language. Bp. Hurd. -To see out, to see or hear to the end; to stay or endure longer than.

I had a mind to see him out, and therefore did not care to contradict him. Addison.

I have heard him say that he could see the Dundee people out any day, and walk home afterwards with Dickens. out staggering. -God you see or God him see, may God keep you or him in his sight.-See, Perceive, Ob serve. Simply to see is often an involuntary, and always a mechanical act; to perceive implies generally or always the intelligence of a prepared mind. Observe implies to look at for the purpose of noticing facts connected with the object or its properties.

See (se), v.i. 1. To have the power of perceiving by the proper organs, or the power of sight; as, some animals are able to see best in the night.

Though neither eyes nor ears, to hear nor see, Yet should I be in love by touching thee. Shak. 2. To have intellectual sight or apprehension; to perceive mentally; to penetrate; to discern; to understand: often with through or into; as, to see through the plans or policy of another; to see into artful schemes and pretensions.

I see into thy end, and am almost A man already. Shak. Many sagacious persons will. . see through all our fine pretensions. Tillotson.

3. To examine or inquire; to distinguish; to consider.

See now whether pure fear and entire cowardice doth not make thee wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with us. Shak.

4. To be attentive; to pay attention; to take heed; to take care. 'Be silent, let's see further.' Shak.

Mark and perform it, see'st thou; for the fail
Of any point in't shall not only be
Death to thyself but to thy lewd-tongued wife.
Shak.

'An

-To see to, (a) to look at; to behold. altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to." Josh. xxii. 10. [Obsolete in this sense. (b) To be attentive to; to look after; to take care of. She herself had seen to that." Tennyson.

I will go and purse the ducats straight, See to my house, left in the fearful guard Shak. Of an unthrifty knave. -To see about a thing, to pay some attention to it; to consider it. See to it, look well to it; attend; consider; take care.-Let me see, let us see, are used to express consideration, or to introduce the particular consideration

SEE

of a subject-See is used imperatively, or as an interjection, to call the attention of others to an object or a subject, signifying lo! look! behold! as, See, see, how the balloon ascends!

See what it is to have a poet in your house! Pope. See (sē), interj. Lo! look! observe! behold! See the verb intransitive.

See + (e), n The sea. Chaucer.

Beed (sed), n [A. Sax. sæd, from sawan, to Bow: common to all the Teutonic tongues. See Sow.) 1. The impregnated and matured ovule of a plant, which may be defined as a body within the pericarp, and containing an organized embryo, which on being placed in favourable circumstances is developed, and converted into an individual similar to that from which it derived its origin The reproductive bodies of flower less plants, such as sea-weeds and mushrooms, differ in structure and in their mode of germination, and are not considered as true seeds, but are named sporules. The seed is attached to the placenta by a small pedicel or umbilical cord. In some plants

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Various forms of Seeds.

1, Eschscholtzia californica. 2, Corn Blue-bottle (Centaurea Cyanus). 3, Oxalis rosea. 4. Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum). 5, Stellaria medía. 6, Sweetwilliam (Dianthus barbatus). 7. Foxglove (Digita lis purpurea. 8, Saponaria calabrica.

this pedicel is usually expanded, and rising round the seed forms a partial covering to it, named the arillus, as in the nutmeg, in which it constitutes the part called mace. The point of attachment of the cord or podosperm is named the hilum. The seed is composed of an external skin, the testa or perisperm, and a kernel or nucleus. In some cases the seeds constitute the fruit or valuable part of plants, as in the case of wheat and other esculent grain; sometimes the seeds are inclosed in the fruit, as in apples and melons.-2. The fecundating fluid of male animals; semen; sperm: in this sense it has no plural.-3. That from which any. thing springs; first principle; original; as, the seeds of virtue or vice. "The seeds and roots of shame and iniquity.' Shak.4. Principle of production.

Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed. 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 is rarely used in the plural. 'We, the latest seed of time.' Tennyson. The seeds of Banquo kings!' Shak.-6. Race; generation; birth.

Of mortal seed they were not held. Waller. -To run to seed. See under RUN, v.i. Seed (sed), v.i. 1. To grow to maturity, so as to produce seed; as, maize will not seed in a cool climate.-2. To shed the seed. Mortimer.

Seed (sed). v. t. To sow; to sprinkle or supply, as with seed; to cover with something thinly scattered; to ornament with seed-like decorations. A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. B. Jonson.-To seed down, to sow with grass-seed.

Seed - basket (sed'bas-ket), n. In agri. a basket for holding the seed to be sown. Seed-bed (sed'bed), n. A piece of ground prepared for receiving seed.

Seed-bud (sed'bud), n. The germ, germen, or rudiment of the fruit in embryo; the ovule.

In bot. the aril or

Seed-cake (sēd'kāk), n. A sweet cake containing aromatic seeds. Seed-coat (sēd'köt), n. exterior coat of a seed. Seed - cod (séd'kod), n. A basket or vessel for holding seed while the husbandman is sowing it; a seed-lip. [Provincial.] Seed-corn (sēd'korn), n. Corn or grain for seed; seed-grain.

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Seed-crusher (sed'krush-ér), n. An instrument for crushing seed for the purpose of expressing oil.

Seed-down (sēd'doun), n. The down on vegetable seeds.

Seeded (séd'ed), p. and a. 1. Bearing seed; hence, matured; full-grown. 'Seeded pride.' Shak. The silent seeded meadow-grass.' Tennyson.-2. Sown; sprinkled with seed.3. In her. represented with seeds of such or such a colour: said of roses, lilies, &c., when bearing seeds of a tincture different to the flower itself.

Seeder (sed'èr), n. One who or that which sows or plants seeds.

Seed-field (sēd'feld), n. A field for raising seed. 'The seed-field of Time.' Carlyle. Seed-garden (sed'gar-den), n. A garden for raising seed.

Seed-grain (sēd'grān), n. Seed-corn; that from which anything springs. The primary seed-grain of the Norse Religion.' Carlyle. Seediness (sēd'i-nes), n. State or quality of being seedy; shabbiness; state of being miserable, wretched, or exhausted. [Colloq.] A casual visitor might suppose this place to be a temple dedicated to the Genius of Seediness.

Dickens. What is called seediness, after a debauch, is a plain proof that nature has been outraged, and will have her penalty. Prof. Blackie.

Seed-lac (sēd'lak). See LAC. Seed - leaf (sēd'lef), n. In bot. the primary leaf, or leaf developed from a cotyledon. Seed-leap (sēd′lēp), n. Same as Seed-lip. Seedling (sed'ling), n. A plant reared from the seed, as distinguished from one propagated by layers, buds, &c. Seedling (séd'ling), a. Produced from the seed; as, a seedling pansy.

Seed-lip, Seed-lop (sed'lip, sēd'lop), n. [A. Sax. sæd-leap, a seed-basket-sæd, seed, and leap, a basket.] A vessel in which a sower carries the seed to be dispersed. [Provincial English.] Called also Seed-leap. Seed-lobe (sĕd'lób), n. In bot. a seed-leaf; a cotyledon.

Seedness † (sed'nes), n

SEEL

tonic tongues: Icel. sækja, Dan. söge, söka, D. zoeken, G. suchen, Goth. sókjan English an original o has been change e by umlaut. (See RECK.) The root is p ably the same as in L. sequor, to fo (whence consequence, &c.). Beseech is f seek, with prefix be-.] 1. To go in searc quest of; to look for; to search for: to pains to find: often followed by out. seek me out.' Shak.

The man asked nim, saying, What seekest And he said, I seek my brethren. Gen. xxxvii. 1 For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light,

In every cranny but the right.

Cow

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit
try to gain.
The young lions roar after their prey, and
their meat from God.
Ps. civ.
Others tempting him, sought of him a sign.
Luke xi.
3. To go to; to resort to; to have reco
to.

Seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal. Amos
And hast thou sought thy heavenly home.
Our fond dear boy?
D. M. M

4. To aim at; to attempt; to pursue a object; to strive after; as, to seek a pers life or his ruin. 'What I seek, my w travels' end.' Shak. Often governing infinitive; as, to seek to do one harm.

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read Is. xxxiv. 2. To endeavour; to make an effort or tempt; to try.-3. To use solicitation. Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye find. Mat. vi

-To seek after, to make pursuit of; t 'How men of n tempt to find or take. Shak. are sought after.' Shak.-To seek for endeavour to find.

Seed-time. Blossoming time That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison. Seed-oil (séd'oil), n. A general name for the various kinds of oil expressed from seeds.

Seed-pearl (sēd'pèrl), n. A small pearl resembling a grain or seed in size or form. Seed-plat, Seed-plot (sēd'plat, sēd'plot), n. A piece of ground on which seeds are sown to produce plants for transplanting; a piece of nursery ground.

The sailors sought for safety in our boat. -To seek to,t to apply to; to resort to. X. 24.

I will, I will once more seek to my God. H. Br -To be to seek, (a) to be at a loss; t without knowledge, measures, or ex 'Unpractised, unprepared, and Milton.

Seed-sheet (sed'shet), n. ence. The sheet conto seek.' taining the seed which a sower carries with him. Carlyle.

Seedsman (sēdz'man), n. 1. A person who
deals in seeds.-2. A sower; one who scat-
ters seed.

The seedsman
Upon the slime and ooze scatters the grain,
Shak.
And shortly comes to harvest.

Seed-time (sēd'tim), n. The season proper
for sowing.

While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. Gen. viii. 22. Seed-vessel (séd'ves-el), n. In bot. the pericarp which contains the seeds. Seed - wool (sēd'wul), n. A name given in the southern states of America to cottonwool not yet cleansed of its seeds. Seedy (sēd'i), a. 1. Abounding with seeds; running to seed.-2. Having a peculiar flavour, supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines: applied to French brandy.-3. Worn-out; shabby; poor and miserable-looking; as, he looked seedy; a seedy coat. [Said to be from the look of a plant whose petals have fallen off, thereby disclosing the naked ovary.] [Colloq.]

Little Flanigan here is a little seedy, as we say among us that practise the law. Goldsmith.

'Devilish cold,' he added pettishly, 'standing at that door, wasting one's time with such seedy vaga. bonds.' Dickens.

4. Feeling or appearing wretched, as after a debauch. [Colloq.] Seeing (se'ing), conj.

Because; inasmuch

as; since; considering; taking into account that.

Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me? Gen. xxvi. 27. How shall they have any trial of his doctrine, learning and ability to preach, seeing that he may not publickly either teach or exhort? Abp. Whitgift. Seek (sek), v. t. pret. & pp. sought. [O.E. seke, also seche, A. Sax. sécan, sécean, to seek, pret. sóhte, pp. 8oht. Common to the Teu

I do not think my sister so to seek, Or so unprincipled in virtue's book.

Mill

(b) To require to be sought for; to be w ing or desiderated; as, the work is sti seek. [Scarcely used now in the for sense.] Seeker (sek'ér), n. 1. One that seeks; a quirer; as, a seeker of truth.-2. ↑ One makes application.

Cato is represented as a seeker to oracles. Bent 3. One of a sect in the time of Crom that professed no determinate religion.

Sir Henry Vane. ... set up a form of religio way of his own; yet it consisted rather in a drawing from all other forms than in any new o ticular opinions or forms, from which he an Bur party were called seekers. Seek-sorrow (sek'sor-ō), n. One that trives to give himself vexation; a self mentor. Sir P. Sidney.

Seel (sel), v.t. [Fr. ciller, siller, from c cilium, an eyelash.] 1. To close the ey with a thread: a term of falconry, it b a common practice to run a thread thr the eyelids of a hawk, so as to keep t together, when first taken, to aid in ma it tractable. 'A seeled dove that mo and mounts.' Bacon. Hence-2. To c as a person's eyes; to blind; to hoodwi She that so young could give out such a seen To seel her father's eyes up, close as oak. Cold death... his sable eyes did seel. Chap Seelt (sel), v.i. [Comp. L.G. sielen, to off water.] To lean; to incline to one to roll, as a ship in a storm.

When a ship seels or rolls in foul weather breaking loose of ordnance is a thing very da Rale

ous,

SEEL

Seelt (sel), n. [A. Sax. sæl, a good time or opportunity, luck, prosperity.] Time; opportunity; season: used frequently as the second element in a compound; as, hay-seel, hay-time; barley-seel, wheat-seel, &c. [Provincial English]

Seelily (sel'i-li), adv. In a silly manner. Seely (sel'i), a [A. Sax. sælig, lucky, prosperous. See SEEL, time, SILLY.] 1. Lucky; fortunate; happy. To get some seely home I had desire. Fairfax. 2. Silly; foolish; simple; artless. Spenser.

Seem (sēm), v. i. [A. Sax. sêman, gesêman, to

compose, to conciliate, to adjust, to judge, to seem, to appear, from root of same (which see).] 1. To appear; to look like; to present the appearance of being; to be only in appearance and not really. That we were all as some would seem to be.' Shak. shall the day seem night. Shak.

all.

Thou art not what thou seem'st.

'So

Shak.

All seem'd well pleas'd; all seem'd, but were not Milton.

2. To appear; to be seen; to show one's self or itself; hence, to assume an air; to pretend. My lord, that so confidently seems to undertake this business.' Shak.

Shak.

There did seem in him a kind of joy to hear it. 3. To appear to one's opinion or judgment; to be thought: generally with a following clause as nominative.

It seems to me that the true reason why we have so few versions which are tolerable, is because there are so few who have all the talents requisite for translation. Dryden.

[Hence, it seems to me' I think, I am inclined to believe.]-4. To appear to one's self; to imagine; to feel as if; as, I still seem to hear his voice; he still seemed to feel the motion of the vessel.-It seems, it would appear; it appears: used parenthetically, (a) nearly equivalent to, as the story goes; as is said; as we are told.

A prince of Italy, it seems, entertained his mistress upon a great lake. Addison.

For

(b) Used sarcastically or ironically to condemn the thing mentioned, like forsooth; as, this, it seems, is to be my task. merly seem was often used impersonally in such phrases as me seems, him seemed, the people seemed' (it seemed to the people. Chaucer); hence, meseems as a single word. Seemer (sem'èr), n. One who seems; one who makes a show of something; one who carries an appearance or semblance.

Hence we shall see,

If power change purpose, what our seemers be.
Shak.

Seeming (sem'ing), p. and a. 1. Appearing; having the appearance or semblance, whether real or not. 'Showed him a seeming warrant for it.' Shak. 'The father of this seeming lady.' Shak.-2. Specious or plausible in appearance; as, seeming friendship. That little seeming substance.' Shak

'A

Seepy (sep'i), a. Oozing; full of moisture; specifically, applied to land not properly drained. [Scotch and United States.] Seer (se'er or ser), n. 1. One who sees. dreamer of dreams, and a seer of visions.' Addison.-2. A prophet; a person who foresees future events. 1 Sam. ix. 9. 'Thou death-telling seer. Campbell.

She call'd him lord and liege,

Her seer, her bard, her silver star of eve.
Tennyson.

Seer (sér), n. A weight which varies all over India; in Bengal there are forty seers to a maund, which is about 74 pounds avoirdupois.

Seerhand (ser hand), n. A kind of East Indian muslin, which, from its retaining its clearness after washing, is particularly adapted for dresses.

Seership (se'er-ship or ser'ship), n. The office or quality of a seer. Seer-sucker (ser'suk-ér), n. A blue and white striped linen, imported from India. Seer-wood (ser'wud), n. Dry wood. See-saw (se'są), n. [A reduplicated form of saw, the motion resembling the act of sawing.] 1. A child's game, in which one sits on each end of a board or long piece of timber balanced on some support, and thus the two move alternately up and down.-2. A board adjusted for this purpose.-3. Motion or action resembling that in see-saw; a vibratory or reciprocating motion. 'A see-saw between the hypothesis and fact.' Sir W. Hamilton.

4. In whist, the playing of two partners, so that each alternately assists the other to win the trick; a double ruff.

See-saw (se'są), a. Moving up and down or to and fro; undulating with reciprocal motion. His wit all see-saw, between that and this.' Pope.

See-saw (se'sa), v.i. To move as in the game see-saw; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

So they went see-sawing up and down from one end of the room to the other. Arbuthnot.

semblance, especially a false appearance. She that, so young, could give out such a seeming. Shak

He is a thing made up of seemings.

2. Fair appearance.

These keep

F. Baillie.

Seeming and savour all the winter long. Shak.

3 Opinion: judgment; estimate; apprehension. Nothing more clear unto their

seeming. Hooker.

This the father seemingly complied with. They depend often on remote and seemingly disproportioned causes. Atterbury. Seemingness (sem'ing-nes), n. Fair appearance; plausibility; semblance. Sir K. Digby

Seemless (sem'les), a. Unseemly; unfit; indecorous. Chapman.

Seemlihead, Seemlihed+ (sem'li-hed), n. Seemliness; comely or decent appearance. Seemlily+ (sēm'li-li), adv. Decently; comelily.

Seemliness (sem'li-nes), n. The state or quality of being seemly; comeliness; grace; fitness; propriety; decency; decorum. Camden.

see-saw manner.

'Tis a poor idiot boy, Who sits in the sun and twirls a bough about, And, staring at his bough from morn to sunset, See-saws his voice in inarticulate noises.

Coleridge. Lord Lytton. Seethe (seTH), v. t. pret. seethed, (sod, obsolete); pp. seethed, sodden (sod, obsolete); ppr. seething. [A. Sax. seôthan, sisthan, to seethe; Icel. sjótha, G. sieden, to boil.] 1. To boil; to decoct or prepare for food in hot liquor; as, to seethe flesh. 'Sodden water.' Shak.

He ponders, he see-saws himself to and fro.

Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Ex. xxiii. 19. 2. To soak; to steep and soften in liquor. 'Cheeks mottled and sodden.' W. Collins. There was a man-sleeping-still alive; though seethed in drink, and looking like death. D. Ferrold. Seethe (seTH), v i. pret. seethed; ppr. seething. To be in a state of ebullition; to boil, to be hot.

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains. Shak. Thus over all that shore, Save for some whisper of the seething seas, A dead hush fell. Tennyson. Seether (séTH'ér), n. One who or that which seethes; a boiler; a pot for boiling things. She sets the kettle on; Like burnished gold the little seether shone. Dryden. Sefatian (se-fa'shi-an), n. One of a sect of Mohammedans who hold peculiar views with regard to the essential attributes of God. They are opposed to the Motazilites.

SEGREGATE

Seg (seg), n. Sedge; also, the yellow flowerde-luce (Iris Pseudacorus). [Provincial] Seg, Segg (seg), n. A castrated bull; a bull castrated when full grown; a bull-segg. [Scotch.]

Segart (se-gar). See CIGAR.
Sege, n. A siege. Chaucer,

Seggar (seg'gar), n. [Prov. E. saggard, saggar,
contr. for safeguard. Comp. seggard, a rid
ing surtout. The case of fire-clay in which
fine stoneware is inclosed while being baked
in the kiln. Written also Sagger.
Seghol (se-göl'), n. A Hebrew vowel-point,
or short vowel, thus "-indicating the
Segholate (se-göl'ât), a.
sound of the English e in men.

seghol.

Marked with a

Segment (seg'ment). n. [L. segmentum, from seco, to cut.] 1. A part cut off or marked as separate from others; one of the parts into which a body naturally divides itself; a section; as, the segments of a calyx; the segments of an orange; the segments or transverse rings of which the body of an articulate animal or annelid is composed.-2. In geom. a part cut off from any figure by a line or plane. A segment of a circle is a part of the area contained by an arc and its chord, The chord is as AC B. sometimes called the base of the segment. An angle in a segment is the angle contained by two straight lines drawn from any point in its arc, and terminating in the extremities of its chord or base. Similar segments of circles are those which contain equal angles, or whose arcs contain the same number of degrees.Segment of a sphere, any part of it cut off by a plane, not passing through the centre.

Segment (seg-ment), v. i. To divide or become divided or split up into segments; specifically, in physiol. applied to a mode of reproduction by semi-fission or budding. See extract.

Before this occurs, however, if it does not divide, the vegetal unit segments or buds, the bud grows into a unit similar to its parent, and this in its turn also segments or buds. Bastian.

Segmental (seg-ment'al), a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or like a segment.-Segmental organs, certain organs placed at the sides of the body in Annelides, and connected with excretion.

Segmentation (seg-men-tā'shon), n.

The

act of cutting into segments; a division into segments; the state of being divided into segments.

Segment-gear (seg'ment-ger), n. In mech. a curved cogged surface occupying but an arc of a circle.

Segment-saw (segment-sa), n. 1. A saw which cuts stuff into segmental shapes.2. A veneer saw whose active perimeter consists of a number of segments attached to a disc.-3. In surg. a nearly circular plate of steel serrated on the edge, and fastened to a handle; used in operations on the bones of the cranium, &c.

Segment-shell (seg'ment-shel), n. In artillery, an elongated shell consisting of a body of iron coated with lead and built up internally with segment-shaped pieces of iron, which, offering the resistance of an arch against pressure from without, are easily separated by the very slight bursting charge within, thereby retaining most of their original direction and velocity after explosion.

Segment-wheel (seg'ment-whel), n. A wheel a part of whose periphery only is utilized.

Segnitude, Segnity+ (seg'ni-túd, segʼni-ti), n. [From L. segnis, sluggish.] Sluggishness; dulness; inactivity.

Segno (sen'yō), n. [It., sign.] In music, a sign or mark used in notation in connection with repetition, abbreviated S.-Al segno, to the sign, is a direction to return to the sign.-Dal segno, from the sign, is a direction to repeat from the sign. Segreant (së'gré-ant), a. In her. a term applied to a griffin when standing upon its hind-legs, with the wings elevated and endorsed.

Segregate (sẽ'grē-gāt), v. t. pret. & pp. segregated; ppr. segregating. [L. segrego, segregatum-se, apart, and grego, to gather into a flock or herd, from grex, gregis, a

SEGREGATE

flock or herd.] To separate from others; to set apart.

They are segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. Is. Taylor.

Segregate (se'grē-gāt), v.i. To separate or go apart; specifically, in crystal. to separate from a mass and collect about centres or lines of fracture.

Segregate (sē'grē-gāt), a. Separate; select.

A kind of segregate or cabinet senate.' Wotton.-Segregate polygamy (Polygamia segregata, Linn.), in bot. a mode of inflorescence, when several florets comprehended within an anthodium, or a common calyx, are furnished also with proper perianths, as in the dandelion,

Segregation (sẽ-grē-gā’shon), n.

1. The

act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting; a dispersion. A segregation of the Turkish fleet.' Shak.-2. In crystal. separation from a mass and gathering about centres through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

Dana.

Segue (seg'wa). [It., it follows; L. sequor, to follow.] In music, a word which, prefixed to a part, denotes that it is immediately to follow the last note of the preceding movement.

Seguidilla (seg-i-dēl'ya), n. A Spanish form of versification; a merry Spanish tune.

The cominon people still sung their lively segui dillas. Prescott.

A

Seid (sed), n. [Ar., prince.] One of the descendants of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and his nephew Ali. Seidlitz-powder (sid'lits-pou-dér), n. powder intended to produce the same effect as seidlitz-water; composed of tartrate of potassa and soda (Rochelle-salt) with bicarbonate of soda in one paper, and tartaric acid in another paper, to be dissolved separately in water, then mixed, and taken while effervescing.

Seidlitz-water (sid'lits-wa-tér), n. The mineral water of Seidlitz, a village of Bohemia. Sulphate of maguesia, sulphate of soda, and carbonic acid are its active ingredients.

Seie, Sey,t pret. & pp. of see. Saw; seen. Chaucer.

Seigneurial (sen-yö'ri-al), a. [See SEIGNIOR.] 1. Pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial. Sir W. Temple.-2. Vested with large powers; independent.

Seignior (sen'yèr), n. [Fr. seigneur, It. signore, Sp. señor, Pg. senhor; from L. senior, elder, senex, old.] 1. In the south of Europe, a title of honour. See SIGNIOR.-Grand Seignior, a title sometimes given to the Sultan of Turkey.-2. In feudal law, the lord of a fee or manor.--Seignior in gross, a lord without a manor, simply enjoying superiority and services.

Seigniorage, Seignorage (sẽn'yèr-āj), n. 1. Something claimed by the sovereign or by a superior as a prerogative; specifically, an ancient royalty or prerogative of the crown, whereby it claimed a percentage upon bullion brought to the mint to be coined or to be exchanged for coin; the profit derived from issuing coins at a rate above their intrinsic value.

If government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holders, by mak ing a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back rather less in coin than is received in bullion, and is called 'levying a seigniorage), the coin will rise to the extent of the seigniorage above F. S. Mill.

the value of the bullion.

O'Neal never had any seignory over that country, but what he got by encroachment upon the English. Spenser

Seil (sel), v.t. [Sw. sila, to strain.] To strain through a cloth or sieve. [Scotch.] Sein, pp. of see. Seen. Chaucer. Sein, Seine (sen), n. [Fr. seine, from L. sagena, Gr. sagéné, a seine.] A large net for catching fish. Also written Sean.

The seine is a net of about forty fathoms in length, with which they encompass a part of the sea, and draw the same on land by two ropes fastened at his enils, together with such fish as lighteth within his precinct.

Carew.

Seint, n. A cincture; a girdle. Chaucer. Seintuarie, n. Sanctuary. Chaucer. Seip (sep), v. i. leak. [Scotch.] Seir-fish (sēr'fish), n. A fish of the genus Cybium (C. guttatum), family Scomberidæ, bearing a close resemblance to the salmon in size and form as well as in the flavour of its flesh. It is one of the most valuable fishes of the East Indian seas. Seise (sez), v. t. In law, see SEIZE. Seisin (se'zin), n. See SEIZIN. Seismic, Seismal (sis'mik, sis'mal), a. [Gr. seismos, an earthquake, from sein, to shake.] Of or pertaining to an earthquake. -The seismic area, the tract on the earth's surface within which an earthquake is felt-Seismic vertical, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the centre of effort or focal point, whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points. Goodrich. Seismograph (sis'mō-graf), n. [Gr. seismos, an earthquake, and grapho, to write.] An electro-magnetic instrument for registering the shocks and concussions of earthquakes. See also SEISMOMETER.

[See SIPE.] To ooze; to

Seismographic (sis-mo-graf'ik), a. Pertaining to seismography; indicated by a seismograph.

Maps or charts constructed so as to indicate the centres of convulsion, lines of direction, areas of disturbance, and the like, are termed seismographic. Page.

Seismography (sis-mog'ra-fi), n. A description or account of earthquakes. Seismologist, Seismologue (sis-mol'o-jist, sis'mō-log), n. A student of, or one versed in, seismology.

The labour of future seismologues will be in a great degree thrown away, unless the cultivators of science in all countries . shall unite in agreeing to some one uniform system of seisinic observation. R. Mallet.

Seismology (sis-mol'o-ji), n. [Gr. seismos, an earthquake, and logos, discourse.] The science of earthquakes; that department of science which treats of volcanoes and earthquakes.

Seismometer (sis-mom'et-ér), n. [Gr. seismos, a shaking, an earthquake, and metron, a measure.] An instrument for measuring the direction and force of earthquakes and similar concussions. There are various contrivances for this purpose, the most perfect of which is perhaps the form used in the observatory on Mount Vesuvius. It consists of a delicate electric apparatus, which is set to work by the agitation or change of level of a mercurial column, which records the time of the first shock, the interval between the shocks, and the duration of each; their nature, whether vertical or horizontal, the maximum intensity; and in the case of horizontal shocks the direction is also given.

Seismoscope (sis'mō-skōp), n. [Gr. seismos, an earthquake, and skopco, to see.] A seismometer (which see).

Seisura (se-zhū'ra), n. [Gr. seio, to shake, oura, tail.] A genus of Australian birds belonging to the family Muscicapidae or fly

Seisura inquieta (Restless Seisura).

catchers. The S. volitans is the dish-washer of the colonists of New South Wales. Seity (se'i-ti), n. [L. se, one's self.] Something peculiar to a man's self. Tatler. [Rare.]

SEJANT

Seizable (sez'a-bl), a. Capable of k seized; liable to be taken. Seize (sez), v. t. pret. & pp. seized; ppr ing. [Fr. saisir, to seize; Pr. sazir, to possession of; It. sagire, to put in po sion of according to Diez, from 0. sazjan, to set, bisazjan, to occupy.] 1 fall or rush upon suddenly and lay hold to gripe or grasp suddenly.

Then as a tiger, who by chance hath spy'd In some purlieu two gentle fawns at play, Straight couches close, then rising changes of His couchant watch, as one who chose his gre Whence rushing, he might surest seize them b Milt 2. To take possession by force, with or w out right. At last they seize

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The sceptre, and regard not David's son. 3. To have a sudden and powerful effect to take hold of; to come upon suddenly attack; as, a fever seizes a patient.

And hope and doubt alternate seize her soul. 4. To take possession of, as an estat goods, by virtue of a warrant or legal thority.

It was judged by the highest kind of judg that he should be banished, and his whole estate fiscated and seized.

5. To fasten; to fix.

Bac

So down he fell before the cruell beast,
Who on his neck his bloody claws did seize
Spens

6. Naut. to fasten two ropes, or diffe parts of one rope, together with a cor 7. To make possessed; to put in posses of: with of before the thing possessed A B was seized and possessed of the ma All those his lands which he stood se of Shak 'Whom age might see seize what youth made prize.' Chapman.

If his father died seized, the infant being n could not be called on to defend a real action. Brougha

[In this, what may be called its legal se often written Seise.]-8. To lay hold o the mind; to comprehend.

The most penetrating sagacity in seizing y principles of polity are to be constantly found in writings of the philosophers. Brougha

Seize (sez), v.i. To grasp; to take into session: with on, or upon, to fall on grasp to take hold of; to take posses of. Thee and thy virtues here I seize uz Shak

Even Jezebel projects not to seize on Nab vineyard without a precedent charge. Dr. H. A Seizer (sez'ér), n. One who or that w

seizes.

Seizi

Seizin (sez'in), n. [Fr. saisine, seizin, f saisir, to seize. See SEIZE] In law,(a)) session. Seizin is of two sorts-seizi. deed or fact and seizin in law. fact or deed is actual or corporal possess seizin in law is when something is c which the law accounts possession or sei as enrolment, or when lands descend t heir but he has not yet entered on th In this case the law considers the hei seized of the estate, and the person wrongfully enters on the land is accoun a disseizor. (b) The act of taking possess (c) The thing possessed; possession.—Li of seizin. See LIVERY.-Seizin-ox, in S law, a perquisite formerly due to the sh when he gave infeftment to an heir hol crown-lands. Spelled also Seisin. Seizing (sez'ing), n. Naut. the opera of fastening together ropes with a co also, the cord or cords used for such fas ing.

Seizor (sez-or'), n. In law, one who seize takes possession.

Seizure (sez'ür), n. 1. The act of seizin taking sudden hold; sudden or violent g or gripe; a taking into possession by f or illegally, or legally a taking by warr as, the seizure of a thief; the seizure o enemy's town; the seizure of a throne usurper; the seizure of goods for debt. All things that thou dost call thin Worth seizure do we seize into our hands. S 2. Retention within one's grasp or po possession; hold.

Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust.
And give me seizure of the mighty wealth,
Dryd

3. The thing seized, taken hold or posses of-4. A sudden attack of some disease. Sejant, Sejeant (se'jant), a. [Norm.; seant, ppr. of seoir, from L. sedeo, to In her. sitting, like a cat, with the fore