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▪ I. seeding, vbl. n.|ˈsiːdɪŋ|
[f. seed v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The production of seed.
a1300Cursor M. 386 Alkin things grouand sere Þat in þam self þaire seding bere. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. i. (1495) 591 A tree hath vertue in itself of sedynge: and maye therby brynge forth a nother lyke itself in kynde. 1563T. Hill Art Garden. (1593) 161 If that the stems or stalkes after they be well come, be then broken off or cut away, they wil continue the longer greene and without seeding. 1675Evelyn Fr. Gard. 178 Tread down the Stem, till the Cabbage inclines to one side; this will much impede its seeding. 1760Brown Compl. Farmer ii. 69 Before they are near seeding.
†b. concr.
1650H. Vaughan Silex Scint., Repentance 34 The trees, their leafs; the flowres, their seeding;..I summon'd to decide this strife.
2. a. The sowing of seed; the sowing (of land) with seed. Also fig.
1542in J. H. Glover Kingsthorpiana (1883) 81 And the rent, sowyng, arying, foldyng, and sedynge of an acre of rey wyll cost the tenant therof fyve shillings and above. 1609Bible (Douay) Ps. cxxv. 5 Comm., His seruants shal make their seeding..with teares..and reape a plentiful haruest..in the next life. 1623W. Lawson New Orchard iv. 8 The labour and seeding of your Corne-fields. a1629T. Adams Serm. Man's Seed-time Wks. 648 You see the wickeds Seeding and Haruest... The godly haue also their Seeding and their Haruest. 1647C. Harvey Schola Cordis Epigr. xxvii, Mine heart's a field; Thy crosse a plow; be pleas'd Dear Spouse, to till it, till the mould be rais'd Fit for the seeding of Thy Word. 1810Jefferson Writ. (1853) V. 509, I talk of ploughs and harrows, of seeding and harvesting, with my neighbors. 1842E. J. Lance Cottage Farmer 15 Horses often..execute the drilling, hoeing, seeding, haymaking, &c. in a wasteful and expensive manner, compared to manual labour properly directed. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 320/1 Openings [in the seed-box] which can be graduated to suit the required rate of seeding. 1892Times (weekly ed.) 2 Feb. 89/3, 800 acres were ready for seeding.
†b. concr. The seed sown. Obs. rare.
1814Mrs. J. West Alicia de Lacy III. 241 Twice the seasons were against us, and the seeding and the earing might go into the same sack.
c. transf. (Cf. seed v. 6 b.)
1926Jrnl. Chem. Soc. ii. 2774 Crystallisation could be easily induced by ‘seeding’. 1935J. N. Friend Physical Chem. II. v. 128 This cannot be done even by careful seeding as the hydrate is too soluble to be reached in this way. 1939E. Liljencrantz Cancer Handbk. of Tumor Clinic xi. 94 Medulloblastoma is distinguished by its tendency toward subarachnoid dissemination or ‘seeding’ along the entire cerebrospinal axis. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 8 Sept. 3/2 The Miami plane will fly above the storm to photograph the effects of ‘seeding’ by the weather-science plane. 1958S. M. Brooks Basic Facts Med. Microbiol. i. 29 Inoculation means the seeding of a culture medium with an organism..using a sterile platinum wire (straight or looped) or a sterile glass pipette. 1966Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. II. xxxiv. 1248/1 The ability of a glioma to spread by seeding is of considerable practical importance. 1972Materials & Technol. V. xx. 713 This process may be induced by the introduction of a few crystals of ephedrine oxalate—a process known as ‘seeding’. 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXV. 160/1 By far the largest and most sustained effort to modify weather deliberately has involved the artificial seeding of clouds in an attempt to increase the rainfall or suppress damaging hailstorms.
3. The separation of flax-seed from the straw. = rippling vbl. n.1
1853Ure Dict. Arts I. 789 The time occupied..in the processes, from the seeding of the flax to the commencement of the scutching.
4. A stitch in embroidery (see quot. 1960). Cf. seed v. 9; seed-stitch s.v. seed n. 9.
c1840Lady Wilton Art of Needlework xx. 317 There is slabbing—veining—and button stitch; seeding—roping—and open stitch. 1960B. Dean in G. Lewis Handbk. Crafts 24 Stem stitch..and seeding.., which consists of a small back stitch with another worked over it, to form an irregular filling, are also useful.
5. Sport, esp. Lawn Tennis. The placing of competitors in a list of seeds (seed n. 3); (also pl.) the order or ranking so produced.
1912A. F. Wilding On Court & Off 140 Arranging or ‘seeding’ is a distinction without any material difference. 1937P. B. Hawk Off Racket i. 13 ‘Seeding’ was believed to be unfair to certain contestants and to make for a less interesting tournament by eliminating..the probability of thrilling matches in the early rounds. 1955N.Y. Times 10 May 33/5 (heading) Penn crew tops sprint seedings. 1958Oxford Mail 15 Jan. 8/1 For the first time, seeding is to be introduced into the Amateur Golf Championship being played at St. Andrews in the week beginning June 2. 1978Times 4 July 19/3 Another clay court specialist, Miss Jausovec, upset the seedings by beating Wendy Turnbull.
6. attrib. and Comb., as (sense 1) seeding-season, seeding-stage; (sense 2) seeding rate; (sense 5) seeding(s)-committee, seeding system; seeding felling (see quot. 1928); seeding-house, an apartment in a rettery, in which the flax-seed is separated from the straw; † seeding-time = seed-time; also fig.; † seeding-top, the seed-vessels borne upon a stalk.
1936Times 22 June 7/4 If six of the chosen eight come through the *seeding committee will have guessed well. 1960Times 4 July 15/6 In spite of the skilful pruning of the seedings committee. 1976Liverpool Echo 7 Dec. 17/7 Mrs. Marshall had a tough fight in her semi-final..as the girls battled to give the seeding committee for the finals an idea of current form.
1928R. S. Troup Silvicultural Systems iv. 32 The *seeding felling, under which the canopy is opened out in order to afford sufficient light to ensure the survival for a short time of seedlings springing from seed shed by the overhead trees. 1968Champion & Seth Gen. Silviculture for India v. 269 The overwood may be removed in only two fellings, first the main seeding felling.
1867Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 6) II. 328 The *seeding-house requires to be of large size.
1930L. S. Dickinson Lawn iv. 34 The *seeding rate 3½ pounds per 1,000 square feet of lawn. 1949G. H. Algren Forage Crops xxiv. 241 The seeding rates shown for certain crops..are too high.
1876Hardy Ethelberta ii, He was taking them home to his sister Faith, who prized the lingering blossoms of the *seeding season.
1885Manch. Exam. 16 June 5/1 No plants, after entering the *seeding stage..are good for green fodder.
1929Times 24 June 7/1 The ‘*seeding’ system undoubtedly has its merits.
1613in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 184 Harvest and *seeding tyme. 1790Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) II. 42 We are yet but in the seeding time of national prosperity, and it will be well not to mortgage the crop before it is gathered.
1676Beal in Phil. Trans. XI. 586 The Lilly of the Valley (which propagates it self by the weight of its *seeding tops, descending into the earth) is much esteem'd on the Elbe.
▪ II. seeding, ppl. a.|ˈsiːdɪŋ|
[f. seed v. + -ing2.]
That seeds; running to seed.
1868Morris Earthly Par., K. Acrisius 211 Though the birds see them, and the seeding grass Harsh and unloving over them may pass, When carelessly through rough and smooth they run. 1892Rider Haggard Nada the Lily v. 34 Their plumes bent in the breeze; like a plain of seeding grass they bent. |