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In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly. This the father seemingly complied with. Addison.

A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.

Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. Only semblances or imitations of shells. Woodward.

Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.

gnifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.

Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward.

Half opaque; only half transparent.

Half clear, or imperfectly transparent; as, a semipellucid gem.

The qualiti or state of being imperfectly transparent.

Half transparent; imperfectly clear; semipellucid.

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin.

the 13th of November and 10th of August, they appear for a few hours in great numbers, apparently diverging from some point in the heavens, such displays being known as meteoric showers, or star showers. These bodies, before encountering the earth, were moving in orbits closely allied to the orbits of comets. See Leon…

To make apparent or clear, as by evidence, testimony, or reasoning; to prove; to explain; also, to manifest; to evince; as, to show the truth of a statement; to show the causes of an event. I 'll show my duty by my timely care. Dryden.

A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. To sit upon thy father David's throne, By mother's side thy father. Milton.

e state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.] Ray.

Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day. Sidereal clock, day, month, year. See under Clock, Day, etc. -- Sideral time, time as reckoned by sideral days, or, t…

edder color by the action of fire. -- Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.

To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. Addison.

The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.