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

Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices.

y; to utter in or with a shriek or shrieks. On top whereof aye dwelt the ghostly owl, Shrieking his baleful note. Spenser. She shrieked his name To the dark woods. Moore.

A shriek; shrieking. [Obs] Spenser. "All hoarse for shright." Chaucer.

To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over. Sleeking her soft alluring locks. Milton. Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. Shak.

The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.

ent; humble. Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. Milton.

judgment; having the mind directed to an object; as, thoughtful of gain; thoughtful in seeking truth. Glanvill.

The practice of seeking after, and hanging on, noblemen, or persons of quality, especially in English universities. [Cant, Eng.]

To seek or strain upward. "Upseeking eyes suffused with . . . tears." Southey.

Of infirm health; seeking to recover health; sickly; weakly; infirm. My feeble health and valetudinarian stomach. Coleridge. The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue. Macaulay.

One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune. Addison.

Seeking; proceeding by inquiry. Zetetic method (Math.), the method used for finding the value of unknown quantities by direct search, in investigation, or in the solution of problems. [R.] Hutton.