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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Seel, v. t. p. 1195To close the eyes of; to render incapable of seeing by sewing the eyelids together;—said of a hawk or other bird. Bacon. Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light…Seel, v. i. p. 1195To incline to one side; to lean. [Obs.] Bacon.Seel or Seel'ing, n. p. 1195The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Seel, n. p. 1195Time; opportunity; season; — applied especially to crops; as, hay-seel. [Prov. Eng.]Seel'ily, adv. p. 1195In a silly manner. [Obs.]Seel'y, a. p. 1195Lucky; fortunate; happy. To get some seely home I had desire, Loth still to warm me at another's fire. Fairfax. 2. Hence, inoffensive; artless; simple; foolish; silly. “A seely lamb.” Spencer.Seem, v. i. p. 1195To appear; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being. Thou art not what thou seem'st. Shak. All seemed well pleased; all seemed…Seem, v. t. p. 1195To become; to befit; to beseem. [Obs.]Seem'er, n. p. 1195One who seems; one who carries an appearance or semblance. Hence we shall see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. Shak.Seem'ing, p. a. p. 1195Appearing like; having the semblance of; apparent; specious; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.Seem'ing, n. p. 1195Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance. These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long. Shak. 2. Opinion; apprehension; judgment. [Obs.] “Nothing more clear to their seeming.” Hooker. His…Seem'ing-ly, adv. p. 1195In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly. This the father seemingly complied with. Addison. They depend often on remote and seemingly disproportioned causes. Atterbury.Seem'ing-ness, n. p. 1195Fair appearance; plausibility; semblance. Digby.Seem'less, a. p. 1195Unseemly; unfit; indecorous. [Obs.]Seem'ily, adv. p. 1195In a seemly manner. [Obs.]Seem'li-ness, n. p. 1195The state or quality of being seemly; comeliness; grace; fitness; propriety; decency; decorum. “When seemliness combines with portliness.” Camden.Seem'ly, a. p. 1195Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; comely; becoming; fit. Give seemly answer to such persons. Shak. Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier…Seem'ly, adv. p. 1195In a decent or suitable manner. Suddenly a man before him stood, Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad, As one in city, court, or palace bred. Milton.Seem'ly-hēd, n. p. 1195Comely or decent appearance. [Obs.] Chaucer.Seen, p. p. p. 1195of see. See SEE.Seen, a. p. 1195Versed; skilled; accomplished. [Obs.] Well seen in every science that mote be. Spenser. Noble, Boyle, not less in nature seen. Dryden.Seep, v. i. p. 1195To run through fine pores; to flow gently; to ooze; to sipe. [U. S.] Bartlett.Seep'y, a. p. 1195Oozing; flowing gently or slowly; — applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained. [Local U. S.] Bartlett.Sē'er, n. p. 1195One who sees; as, a seer of visions.Seer, n. p. 1195A person who foresees events; a prophet.Seer'ess, n. p. 1195A female seer; a prophetess.Seer'hānd, n. p. 1195A kind of East Indian muslin particularly adapted for dresses, as retaining its clearness after being washed. Simmonds.Seer'ship, n. p. 1195The office or quality of a seer.Seer'-sück-er, n. p. 1195A thin linen fabric, made in the East Indies, having white stripes alternating with blue ones.Seer'wood, n. p. 1195Dry wood. [Written also searwood.]See'saw, n. p. 1195A play among children, in which two persons seated upon the opposite ends of a board which is supported in the middle, move alternately up and down. 2. A board adjusted for this purpose. 3. A…See'saw, v. i. p. 1195To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.See'saw, a. p. 1195Moving up and down or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.Seethe, v. t. p. 1195To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.]Seethe, v. i. p. 1195To be in a state of ebullition; to be hot; to boil.Seeth'er, n. p. 1195A pot for boiling things; a boiler.Se-fā'tian, n. p. 1195One of a sect of Mohammedans who hold peculiar opinions with respect to the eternal attributes of God, which they affirm, but who make no difference between the essential attributes and those of…Sĕg, n. p. 1195Sedge; also, the water flower-de-luce. [Obs.]Sēg, n. p. 1195A castrated bull. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Se-gār', n. p. 1195See CIGAR.Sĕg'gar, n. p. 1195A cylindrical case of fire-clay, in which fine stone-ware is baked. [Written also saggar.] Ure.Sĕg-hōl', n. p. 1195(Heb. Gram.) A Hebrew vowel-point, or short vowel, thus [ֶ], indicating the sound of the English e in men. M. Stuart.Sēg'hol-ate, a. p. 1195Marked with a seghol.Sēg'hol-ate, n. p. 1195(Heb. Gram.) A dissyllabic noun, with a seghol in each syllable. Nordheimer.Sĕg'ment, n. p. 1195One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange, or of a compound or divided leaf. 2. (Geom.) A…Seg-mĕnt'al, a. p. 1195Relating to, or being, a segment.Sĕg'men-tā'tion, n. p. 1195The act or process of dividing into segments; a self-division into segments as a result of growth. Dana.Sĕg'ni-tūde or Sĕg'ni-ty, n. p. 1195Sluggishness; dullness; inactivity. [Obs.]Segno, n. p. 1195(Mus.) A sign;—abbreviated to S̸. Al segno, to the sign; as a direction, return to the sign. —Dal segno, from the sign; as a direction, repeat from the sign.Sēg're-gāte, v. t. p. 1195To separate from others; to set apart. They are segregated, Christians from Christians, under odious designations. L. Taylor.Sēg're-gāte, v. i. p. 1195(Crystallog.) To separate from a mass and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification. Dana.Sĕg're-gate, a. p. 1195Separate; select. [Obs.] Segregate polygamy (Polygamia segregata, Linnaeus) (Bot.), a mode of inflorescence when several florets comprehended within a common calyx are furnished also with proper…Sĕg're-gā'tion, n. p. 1196The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting. 2. (Crystallog.) Separation from a mass and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through…Sēid, n. p. 1196A descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima and his nephew Ali. Malcom.Sed'litz p. 1196See SEDLITZ.Sēign-eū'ri-al, a. p. 1196Pertaining to the lord of a manor; manorial. 2. Vested with large powers; independent.Sēign'ior, n. p. 1196A lord; the lord of a manor;—the English equivalent of the Spanish Señor and Italian Signor, which are titles of address corresponding to Sir or Mr. See SIGNOR. Grand Seignior, the sultan of Turkey.Sēign'ior-age, n. p. 1196Something claimed or taken by virtue of sovereign prerogative; specifically, a certain toll or deduction on bullion brought to a mint to be coined, designed originally to defray the expenses of…Sēign'ior-al, a. p. 1196Of, or pertaining to, a seignior or lord. “Kingly or seignioral patronage.” Burke.Sēign'ior-al-ty, n. p. 1196The territory or authority of a seignior or lord. Milman.