Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word semee.

Examples

  • The Varangian did not leave the Count of Paris until the latter had in his hands his signet-ring, semee, (as the heralds express it,) with lances splintered, and bearing the proud motto, “Mine yet unscathed.”

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • "A field or, semee with garbs of the same:" it may be false Heraldry -- Nature's generally is -- but it correctly blazons the display that Edward and I considered from the rickyard gate, Harold was not on in this scene, being stretched upon the couch of pain; the special disorder stomachic, as usual.

    The Golden Age 1915

  • "A field or, semee, with garbs of the same:" it may be false

    The Golden Age Kenneth Grahame 1895

  • The Varangian did not leave the Count of Paris until the latter had in his hands his signet-ring, _semee_, (as the heralds express it,) _with lances splintered_, and bearing the proud motto, "Mine yet unscathed."

    Waverley Novels — Volume 12 Walter Scott 1801

  • Supporters, '] On the dexter side, a Lion Argent, semee of Fleare de Lib, Sable, and crowned, with the Crest.

    Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical 1812

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.