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Show SE w0 "LGNORAGE. 7, /o [ feigneuriage, French S from feignior. Authority 5 acknow - Jedgment of power ‘" They brought work to the mint, and a par _f the money coined to the crown for Jeignorage . SE'IGNORISE Locke ¥. a. [ from feignior. "To lord over % . As fair he was as Cytherea's make As proud as he that feignorifeth hell Fairfax "$INE. . /. [yegne, Saxon; feine, fenne 1 feme, Fr.] A net ufed in fithing They have cock-boats for paflengers, and fein Carcaw poats for taking of pilchards CGINER. 7. /o [from feine. . 'nets A fifher wit Seiners complain, with open mouth, that thef ""drovers work much prejudice to the commonIy ab, . wealth of fithermen, and reap fmall gain to them oy elves Caren's Surwvey of Cornwall 9SEIZE. ». a. [ faifir, Fr. . To take hold of; to gripe; to grafp Then as a tiger, who by chance hath {pied In fome purlieu, two gentle fawns at play "Straight couches clofe, then rifing changes of ‘His couchant watch, as one who chofe his ground o+ . 1 Whence rufhing he might fureft feize them both Milton "% Both gripd in each paw To take poffeflion of by force i At laft they feiz 4The fcepter, and regard not David's fons. Milton . To take poffeflion of ; to lay hold on » to invade fuddenly In her fad breaft the prince's fortunes roll "And hope and doubt alternate feize her foul. Pope ", To take forcible poffeflion of by law An efcheator of Londo had arrefted a clothie i meitithat was outlawed, and feized his goods WEiE Camden gt was judged, by the higheft kind of judgment ithat he fhould be banifhed, and his whole eftat ® confifcated and féized, and his houfes pulled down o Bacon Jeusipe, To make poflefled; to put in poffeflio of So th' one for wrong, the other ftrives for right As when a griffin, feized of his prey A dragon fierce encount'reth in his flight Through wildeft air making his idle way Fairy Queen So Pluto, feiz'd of Proferpine, convey' /i To hell's tremendous gloom th' affrighted: maid . There grimly fmil'd, pleas'd with the beauteou rize Nor em?ied Jove his funthine and his fkies Addifor's Cato "To Se1zE. .7 'To fix.the grafp or th power on any thing o Faireft Cordelia Thee and thy virtues here I fzize upon 4 Be't lawful I take up what's caft away Shakefp. King Lear Where there is a defign of fupplanting, that neceffarily requires another of accufing : even Jezebe J projeéts not to feizeon Naboth's vineyard withou 3 precedent charge Decay of Picty Se‘1zin. . /. [ faifine, Fr. As [Inlaw.] Is of two forts: feifin in fa& and feifin in law S E SE Seifin in fad, is whe 2 corporal poffeflion is taken: feifin i law, is when fomething is done whic the law accounteth a Jeifin, as an inrol o/, ment. This is as much as a right t , lands'and tenements, though the owne . bebywrong diffeifed of them. GCowvell 2. The att of taking poffeflion E‘_'Ery indulged fin gives Sata livery and J[eifi of his heart, and a power to difpofe of it as h Decay of Piety Pleafes Seifin is the fame, in the canon law, as liver and Jeifin at the common law, Ayliffe's Parergon While we fingle out feveral difhes, and rejec 3. The things poffeffed Many recoveries were had, as well by heirs a fucceflors, of the feizin of their predeceffors. Hale SE"12URE, n. /. [from feize. 1. The a& of feizing. 2. The thing feized Sufficient that thy pray'rs are heard, and death Then due by fentence when thou didft tranfgrefs Defeated of his frizure, many day Giv'n thee of grace Milton's Paradife Lof 3. The at of taking forcible poffeffion Th lands, and all things that thou doft cal thine Worth feizure, do we feize into our hands. Shak I the genera tow he maintaine a feizure and pofleflion of the whole Henry continued to burn proteftants had caft oft the pope; and his feizure o aftical revenues cannot be reckoned as the church's liberty 4. Gripe ; pofleflion Wotton after h ecclefimark o Swift And fhall thefe hands, {o lately purg'd of blood Unyoke this feizure, and this kind regret ? Shak Make o'er thy honour by a deed of truft And give me feizure of the mighty wealth, Dryd 5. Catch Let there be no fudden feizure of a lapfed fyllable, to play upon it Watts Se'LcourTH, adj. [yeldb, rare, Sax. an couth, known.] Rarely known; uncom mon : Spenfer. 'The {fame with unconth SE'LDOM. adw. [yeloan, rarely; yelbon more rarely; yelooyz, moft rarely. 8Selban is fuppofed to be contracted fro yelomn or yeld rare an hpznne when, Saxon; /felden, Dutch; feltan German.] Rarely; not often; not frequently Wifdo and youth are fe/dom joined in one and the ordinary courfe of the world is more according to Job's obfervation, who giveth me advice to feek wifdom amongft the ancients, an in the length of days underftanding ~ Hooker There is true joy conveyed to the heart by preventing grace, which pardoning grace feldom gives South's Sermens. Where the flight of fancy is managed with goo judgment, the feldomer it is feen it is the more valuable Grew Se'zpoMNEss. z. /. [from feldom.] Uncommonnefs ; infrequency ; rarenefs Little ufed rarity Degrees of well-doing ther could be none, ex cept perhaps in the fe/domnefs and oftennefs of do others, the feleétion feems but arbitrary Brown' Vulgar Errours SerLe'cTNESS. 7. /. [from felez.] Th ftate of being felett Sere'cTok. #. /. [from fele2.] He wh {elets SELENOGRA'PHICAL. } adj. [ felenographique, Fr. fro SELENOGRA'PHICK Jelenography.] Belonging to felenography SELE'NOGRAPHY. 7. /. [ felenographie, Fr aengvn and 'ygai@u. A defcription of th moon Hevelius, in his accurate felenography, or defcription of the moon, hath well tranflated th known appellations of regions, feas, and mountains, unto.the parts of that luminary Brown SELF. pronoun. plur. felves. [ filba, Gothick 5 yylg, yylga, Sax. flf, felve Dutch. 1. Its primary fignification feems to b that of an adjective. Very; particular this above others ; fometimes, one's own., Shoot another arrow that fe/f wa Which you did fhoot the firft Shakefp. Merchant of Venice The cruel minifters, by fe/f and violent hands Shake[peare Took off her life On thefe fe/f hills the air is fo thin, that it i not fufficient to bear up ‘the body ofa bird, Raleigh. At that fe/f moment enters Palamo Dryden The gate of Venus 2. It is united both to the perfonal pronouns, and to the neutral pronoun 7z and is always-added when they are ufe reciprocally, or return upon themfelves as, ['did not hurt him he hurt himfelf the people hifs me, but I clap myfelf thou lovef?. thylelf, though the world fcorn thee They caft to build a city, And get themfelves a name Milton He permit Within himfelf unworthy pow'rs to reig Over free reafon Milton Selfis that confcious thinking thing, which i fenfible or confcious of pleafure and pain, capabl of happinefs and mifery, and fo is concerned fo itfelf, as far as that confcioufnefs extends Locke 3. It is {fometime ufed emphatically i the nominative cafe : as, my/e/f will de cide it; I myfelf will come; bzufelf fhal reveng it 'Thi uf o //f thu comHooker ing well pounded, without.the pronoun perfonal Se‘LpsHowN. adj. [ feld and fhown.] Seli chiefl poetical dom. exhibited tc view 4. Compounded with Aém, a pronoun fub-Seldfboron flamin Do prefs among the popular throngs ftantive, felf is in appearance an adjecShakefpeare's Coriolanus tive : joined to my, thy, our, your, pro7o SELE''CT. @. a. [ felectus, Lat.] T noun adjetives, it feems a {ubftantive chufe in preference to others rejected Even when compounded with. 4z it i The footmen, felefZed out of all the provinces a laf foun t b fubftantive b it were greatly diminifhed, being now fcarce eigh variation in the plural, contrary to th Knolles thoufand ftrong. nature of Englith adjectives, as Aim/elf The pious chie A hundred youths from all his train felec?s. Dryd SeLe'cT adj. [from the verb. chofen; choice; culled ou o Nicel accoun of fuperior excellence To the nuptial bow' I led her, bluthing like the morn : all heav'n And happy conftellations, on that hou Shed their feleéteft influence Milton's Par. Lofi Sele? from vulgar herds, with garlands gay A hundre bulls afcend the facred way Prior SELE'CTION. n, [, [ fele&io, Lat. from /e/e&‘.'] The act of culling or choofing choice themfelves No more be mention'd then of violence Againft ourfelves, or wilful barrennefs Milton 5. M ;1/2'{/', biv.:/?.'_/f, themfelves, and the reft may, contrary to the analogy of my him, them, be ufed as nominatives 6. It often adds only emphafi and force to the pronoun with which it is compounded : as, he did it bim/elf A horfe well bitted, which bimfe/f did drefs Dryden And touch'd with miferies myfe/f have known I leara-to pity woes fo like my own Dryden 7, I |
