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sans nombre, † sans number Now only Her.
Also 6 saunce, 7 sance.
[a. F. sans nombre: see sans and number n.]
Innumerable. Also occas. as adv.: innumerably, infinitely.
1550J. Coke Eng. & Fr. Heralds (1877) 85, vi. thousande lordes, knyghtes, and esquiers, and of the commons, sans nombre. c1557Abp. Parker Ps. 104 Theare liuing things saunce number creepe. 1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 146 Locusts sans number and monstrous. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iv. 155 Any Author of a Book may multiply them [sc. Patrons] Sance-number. 1688Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia v. i. 60 We'll swinge these Rogues with Indictments for a Riot, and with Actions Sans Nombre. 1868Cussans Her. viii. 119 Semé, Aspersed, Gerated, Sans Nombre, and Powdered: These terms are used to signify that a Shield or Charge is covered with an indefinite number of minor Charges promiscuously scattered over the surface. Powdered, Gerated, Sans Nombre, and Aspersed, however, commonly imply that the Charges are to be smaller, and more thickly distributed than Semé. |