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Able to see to a great distance; farsighted.

The seed of the flax; linseed.

To see beforehand; to have prescience of; to foreknow. A prudent man foreseeth the evil. Prov. xxii. 3.

that; on condition that. [Obs.] 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.

One who foresees or foreknows.

To dress like a fricassee.

A flintlock gun. See 2d Fusil. [Obs.]

Any strange sight. Wright.

rican Devonian system; -- so called because the formations of this period crop out in Genesee, New York.

Dog's-tail grass.

The offspring of a hag. Shak.

A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.

The person to whom a lease is given, or who takes an estate by lease. Blackstone.

The person to whom a license is given.

The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also lintseed.] Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed. -- Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder. -- Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.

See Linseed.

A perennial herb (Phryma Leptostachya), having slender seedlike fruits.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.