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The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.
The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum).
A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.
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A very large marine mammal (Trichecus rosmarus) of the Seal family, native of the Arctic Ocean. The male has long and powerful tusks descending from the upper jaw. It uses these in procuring food and in fighting. It is hunted for its oil, ivory, and skin. It feeds largely on mollusks. Called also morse.
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Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
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A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc.
a.
Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.
v. t.
To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
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That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.
v. i.
To affix one's seal, or a seal.
v. t.
To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.
v. t.
To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
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The bearded seal.
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To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
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An adhesive disk of dried paste, made of flour, gelatin, isinglass, or the like, and coloring matter, -- used in sealing letters and other documents.
v. t.
To seal or close with a wafer.
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A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
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One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
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The ursine seal. See the Note under 1st Seal.
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