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One who contrives to give himself vexation. [Archaic.] Sir P. Sidney.

One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

threads which were fastened over the head. Bacon. Fools climbs to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling. J. Reading.

The rolling or agitation of a ship in a sterm. [Obs.] Sandys.

In a silly manner. [Obs.]

See Silly. [Obs.] Spenser.

earance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as. "It now seemed probable." Macaulay. Thou picture of what thou seem'st. Shak. All seemed well pleased; all seemed, but were not all. Milton. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death. Prov. xi…

One who seems; one who carries or assumes an appearance or semblance. Hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be. Shak.

Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth. My lord, you have lost a friend indeed; And I dare swear you borrow not that face Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own. Shak.

In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly. This the father seemingly complied with. Addison.

Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility. Sir K. Digby.

Unseemly. [Obs.] Spenser.

In a seemly manner. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.

ect, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous. He had a seemly nose. Chaucer. I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to such persons. Shak. Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies. Hoo…

Comely or decent appearance. [Obs.] Rom. of R. Spenser.

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To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze. [Scot. & U. S.] Water seeps up through the sidewalks. G. W. Cable.

Water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil. [Scot. & U. S.]

Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.