semencen.
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1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. xiii Which [Pallas] was conceyved and born of the semence of the fader wtoute semence carnal.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 257 Which..do..benumb..with Cold the prolifick Semence.
2. Used for: A sowing. rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun]
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1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 401 The ground is rarely weeded unless wanted for a second and different semence.
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