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ˈsemence
[a. F. semence (= Pr. semensa, It. semenza):—pop.L. *sēmentia, f. L. sēmenti-s a sowing, f. sēmen seed.]
†1. Seed; in quots. = semen. Obs.
1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xiv. xiii, Which [Pallas] was conceyved and born of the semence of the fader wtoute semence carnal. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxi. 257 Which..do..benumb..with Cold the prolifick Semence.
¶2. Used for: A sowing. rare—1.
1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 401 The ground is rarely weeded unless wanted for a second and different semence. |