'To sow gapeseed' definitions:

Definition of 'To sow gapeseed'

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Gapeseed \Gape"seed`\ (g[=a]p"s[=e]d), n.
1. Any strange sight. --Wright. [1913 Webster]
2. A person who looks or stares gapingly. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To buy gapeseed, or To sow gapeseed, to stare idly or in idle wonderment, instead of attending to business. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]