Not P but Moby-Dick (2)

[David Morris]

Illiterate past tense

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 9:42 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The following excerpt is from Chapter 3:
>
> Presently a rioting noise was heard without. Starting up, the landlord
> cried, “That’s the Grampus’s crew. I seed her reported in the offing this
> morning; a three years’ voyage, and a full ship. Hurrah, boys; now we’ll
> have the latest news from the Feegees.”
>
> What does "I seed her reported in the offing this morning" mean? I
> understand "seed" here is a variant of "see."
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