Sem"blance (?), n. [F. See Semblable, a.]
1.
Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.
Fairfax.
2.
Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
Only semblances or imitations of shells.
Woodward.
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