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.