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seméed

seméed

English

Adjective

seméed (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of semé
    • 1825, John Elvelyn & ‎William Upcott, Miscellaneous Writings, page 61:
      Lastly, the Grand Escuyer, or Master of the Horse, superintendent of the Premier Escuyer and other officers of the stables; his charge it is to march on horseback before the King, bearing a sword and belt, when his Majesty entreth into any city; but in those towns which have a parliament he carries ( in place thereof) a casque of blew velvet seméed with fleurs de lys, his own horse caparisoned with the like.
    • 1996, Hargrave Jennings, The Rosicrucians: Their Rites and Mysteries, ISBN 1465547029:
      In the early armorial bearings of the Frankish kings, the 'lilies' are represented as 'insects', seméed (seeded), or spotted, on the blue field.