2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with
seedlike decorations.
A sable mantle seeded with waking eyes. B. Jonson.
To seed down, to sow with grass seed.
SEEDBOX Seed"box`, n. (Bot.) (a) A capsule. (b) A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.
SEEDCAKE
Seed"cake`, n.
Defn: A sweet cake or cooky containing aromatic seeds, as caraway.
Tusser.
SEEDCOD
Seed"cod`, n.
Defn: A seedlip. [Prov. Eng.]
SEEDER
Seed"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, sows or plants seed.
SEEDINESS
Seed`i*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being seedy, shabby, or worn out; a state of wretchedness or exhaustion. [Colloq.] G. Eliot. What is called seedness, after a debauch, is a plain proof that nature has been outraged. J. S. Blackie.