seersucker

[Etym. doubtful.] A light fabric for dre goods first made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, 1. Appearance, show, semblance, especially when and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also a IMG:content-1161.png:[blocks in formation] seem-Ing-lỹ, adverb. [Eng. seeming; -ly.] In appearance, apparently, ostensibly; in show or semblance. "Two seemingly inconsistent systems." - War burton: Works, ii. 34. seem-ing-ne , s. [Eng. seeming; -ne .] 1. Appearance, semblance. "Under the seemingne or appearance of evil." Jer. Taylor: Artificial Handsomene , p. 91. 2. Fair appearance; plausibility. "The seemingne of those reasons persuades us on the other side." -Digby : Of Bodies , ch. vii. *seem-le , *see me-le e, a. [Eng. seem, v.; -le .] Unbecoming, unseemly, unfit, indecorous. "Artegal himself her seemele e plight did rue." Spenser: F. Q., V. ii. 25. linen or cotton fabric of a similar make, now largely manufactured in America and Europe.