n. One to whom anything is addressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The seed of the anise; also, a cordial prepared from it. “Oil of aniseed.” Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is assessed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the small oval seed of the sesame plant.
Syn. -- sesame seed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ar. bershīm clover. ] An Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum) extensively cultivated as a forage plant and soil-renewing crop in the alkaline soils of the Nile valley, and now introduced into the southwestern United States. It is more succulent than other clovers or than alfalfa. Called also Egyptian clover. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & i. [ AS. beseón; pref. be- + &unr_;eón to see. ] To see; to look; to mind. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Solicitation; supplication. [ Obs. or Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Besought p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeching. ] [ OE. bisechen, biseken (akin to G. besuchen to visit); pref. be- + sechen, seken, to seek. See Seek. ] 1. To ask or entreat with urgency; to supplicate; to implore. [ 1913 Webster ]

I beseech you, punish me not with your hard thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

But Eve . . . besought his peace. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To beg; to crave. -- To Beseech, Entreat, Solicit, Implore, Supplicate. These words agree in marking that sense of want which leads men to beg some favor. To solicit is to make a request, with some degree of earnestness and repetition, of one whom we address as a superior. To entreat implies greater urgency, usually enforced by adducing reasons or arguments. To beseech is still stronger, and belongs rather to the language of poetry and imagination. To implore denotes increased fervor of entreaty, as addressed either to equals or superiors. To supplicate expresses the extreme of entreaty, and usually implies a state of deep humiliation. Thus, a captive supplicates a conqueror to spare his life. Men solicit by virtue of their interest with another; they entreat in the use of reasoning and strong representations; they beseech with importunate earnestness; they implore from a sense of overwhelming distress; they supplicate with a feeling of the most absolute inferiority and dependence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who beseeches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- Be*seech"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seech"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of beseeching or entreating earnestly. [ R. ] Goodwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To beseech. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beseemed p. pr. & vb. n. Beseeming. ] [ Pref. be- + seem. ] Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit. [ 1913 Webster ]

A duty well beseeming the preachers. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

What form of speech or behavior beseemeth us, in our prayers to God ? Hocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To seem; to appear; to be fitting. [ Obs. ] “As beseemed best.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance; look; garb. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Comeliness. Baret. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Becoming; suitable. [ Archaic ] -- Be*seem"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seem"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit; suitable; becoming. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In beseemly order sitten there. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Properly the p. p. of besee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Seen; appearing. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Decked or adorned; clad. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Accomplished; versed. [ Archaic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Canary seed, hemp, millet or other small seeds used for feeding caged birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Cognizor, Cognizee. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (Bot.) The bitter fruit of Cola acuminata, which is nearly as large as a chestnut, and furnishes a stimulant, which is used in medicine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The common rape or cole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A partner in a lease taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , usually collectively, } n. The seed of the cotton plant. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A meal made from hulled cotton seeds after the oil has been expressed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A fixed, semidrying oil extracted from cottonseed. It is pale yellow when pure (sp. gr., .92-.93). and is extensively used in soap making, in cookery, and as an adulterant of other oils. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Law) One to whom a devise is made, or real estate given by will. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Indorsee. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To close eyes of; to seel; -- said in reference to a hawk. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Able to see to a great distance; farsighted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having foresight as regards the future. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The seed of the flax; linseed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. foreseón; fore + seón to see. See See, v. t. ] 1. To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To provide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have or exercise foresight. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. being such as may reasonable be anticipated; as, foreseeable costs were well within the budget. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

conj., or (strictly) p. p. Provided; in case that; on condition that. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in conformity of qualities, with the person that eateth. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who foresees or foreknows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fricassée, fr. fricasser to fry, fricassee; cf. LL. fricare, perh. for frictare, fricare, frictum, to rub. Cf. Fry, Friction. ] (Cookery) A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fricasseed p. pr. &. vb. n. Fricasseeing. ] To dress like a fricassee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d Fusil, and cf. Fuse, n. ] 1. A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fuse. See Fuse, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (a) A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind. (b) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. It is used principally for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a flare or railroad flare. [ PJC ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] The track of a buck. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fusée a spindleful, fusee, LL. fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. fusus spindle. ] (a) The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring. (b) A similar wheel used in other machinery.

n. 1. Any strange sight. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who looks or stares gapingly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

To buy gapeseed, or
To sow gapeseed, to stare idly or in idle wonderment, instead of attending to business. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Hamilton period in the American Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Dog's-tail grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The offspring of a hag. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a rural, unsophisticated person; also used in an extended sense for one who is not very intelligent or uninterested in culture.
Syn. -- yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, bumpkin, chawbacon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Seed from grass, especially that which falls out of hay. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]