a. [ Compar. Seedier superl. Seediest. ] 1. Abounding with seeds; bearing seeds; having run to seeds. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Old and worn out; exhausted; spiritless; also, poor and miserable looking; shabbily clothed; shabby looking; as, he looked seedy; a seedy coat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Little Flanigan here . . . is a little seedy, as we say among us that practice the law. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ] Seedy toe, an affection of a horse's foot, in which a cavity filled with horn powder is formed between the laminae and the wall of the hoof. [ 1913 Webster ]
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