Sel"couth (sl"kth), a. [AS. selcð, seldcð; seld rare + cð known. See
Uncouth.] Rarely known; unusual; strange. [Obs.]
[She] wondered much at his so selcouth case.
Spenser.
Seld (sld), a. [See Seldom.] Rare; uncommon; unusual. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Spenser.
Seld, adv. Rarely; seldom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sel"den (-sen), adv. Seldom. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sel"dom (-dm), adv. [Usually, Compar. More seldom (mr"); superl. Most
seldom (mst"); but sometimes also, Seldomer (-r), Seldomest.] [AS.
seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D.
zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw.
sällan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.] Rarely; not often; not frequently.
Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one.
Hooker.
Sel"dom (?), a. Rare; infrequent. [Archaic.] "A suppressed and seldom
anger." Jer. Taylor.
Sel"dom*ness, n. Rareness. Hooker.
Seld"seen` (?), a. [AS. seldsiene.] Seldom seen. [Obs.] Drayton.
Seld"shewn` (?), a. [Seld + shown.] Rarely shown or exhibited. [Obs.]
Shak.
Se*lect" (?), a. [L. selectus, p. p. of seligere to select; pref. se-
aside + levere to gather. See Legend.] Taken from a number by
preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of
special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choice.
A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit
audience round a far greater teacher.
Macaulay.
Se*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Selected; p. pr. & vb. n. Selecting.] To
choose and take from a number; to take by preference from among others;
to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best authors for perusal. "One
peculiar nation to select." Milton.
The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his train selects.
Dryden.