Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gapeseed \Gape"seed`\, n.
   A person who looks or stares gapingly.

   {To} {buy, or sow}, {gapeseed}, to stare idly or in idle
      wonderment, instead of attending to business.

Gapeseed \Gape"seed`\, n.
   Any strange sight. --Wright.