the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Fair appearance; plausibility; semblance.
Word Usage
"I had never seen her with so little wind-surface, and the three narrow strips of canvas, bellied to the seemingness of sheet-iron with the pressure of the wind, drove her before the gale at astonishing speed."