semé

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"Ung autre petiz tapiz de bergerie, sur champ vert, semé de bergiers et de bergières ... ung autre vielz tapiz de haulte lice ouvré de jeunes hommes et femmes jouans de plusieurs jeux ... arbres, herbaiges, ciel fait à faucons."

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  1. In heraldry, covered with small bearings whose number is not fixed, and which form a sort of pattern over the surface: said of the field or of any bearing. Where the bearings are distributed equally, and those which come next to the edges of the escutcheon are cut off, it is held by some writers that the blazon must be semé, and not sans nombre (see sans nombre). Also powdered, aspersed. Heralds in blew velvet semée with fleurs de lys. Evelyn, Diary, Sept. 7, 1651.
  2. In decorative art, a powdering; a small, constantly repeated figure; a decoration of which the different units do not touch one another, but are separated by the background.

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  • "Ung autre petiz tapiz de bergerie, sur champ vert, semé de bergiers et de bergières ... ung autre vielz tapiz de haulte lice ouvré de jeunes hommes et femmes jouans de plusieurs jeux ... arbres, herbaiges, ciel fait à faucons." —  The Story of Rouen
  • Hence the ancient armorial bearing of the Frasers, a field azure, semé with strawberries: and hence the widely-spreading connection of the Frasers with the noble family of —  Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.
  • _gules_, a three-mast ship in full sail, a chief _azur_, _semé_ with —  A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792
  • His shield and cotte d’armes are semé of ermines, and by his side is the dagger of miséricorde, which served to kill the fallen enemy unless he cried for mercy. —  Brittany & Its Byways
  • A small stone altar occupies the apsidal end, and here, as in two or three other places, the arms of Montaigne will be noted with interest by those who have read in the essays: '_Je porte d'azur semé de trèfles d'or, à une patte de lyon de mesme armée de gueules, mise en face_.' —  Two Summers in Guyenne
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  1. French, past participle of semer, from Latin seminare, sow: see seminate.
 

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