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Seal

noun

1.

Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters. Synonym: sealing wax.

2.

A device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents. Synonym: stamp.

3.

The pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal. Synonym: sealskin.

4.

A member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for unconventional warfare. Synonym: Navy SEAL.

5.

A stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it).

6.

An indication of approved or superior status. Synonyms: cachet, seal of approval.

7.

A finishing coat applied to exclude moisture.

8.

Fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure.

9.

Any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed; chiefly of cold regions.

verb

(past & past part. sealed; pres. part. sealing)

1.

Make tight; secure against leakage. Synonym: seal off.

2.

Close with or as if with a seal.

3.

Decide irrevocably.

4.

Affix a seal to.

5.

Cover with varnish. Synonym: varnish.

6.

Hunt seals.

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"Seal" Quotes from Famous Books

... hours calm; in which we put a boat in the water, and Mr Forster shot some albatrosses and other birds, on which we feasted the next day, and found them exceedingly good. At the same time we saw a seal, or, as some thought, a sea-lion, which probably might be an inhabitant of one of the isles of Tristian de Cunhah, being now nearly in their latitude, and about 5 deg. east ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 14 • Robert Kerr

... sentence to the provost, who affixed his seal to it, and departed to pursue his round of the audience hall, in a frame of mind which seemed destined to fill all the jails in Paris that day. Jehan Frollo and Robin Poussepain laughed in their sleeves. Quasimodo gazed on the whole with ...

— Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo

... forth a pipe. He looked into it with sharp scrutiny, and tapped it emptily on his open palm. He turned the hair-seal tobacco pouch inside out and dusted the lining, treasuring carefully each flake and mite of tobacco that his efforts gleaned. The result was scarce a thimbleful. He searched in his pockets, and brought forward, between thumb and forefinger, ...

— The Turtles of Tasman • Jack London

... over to Captain Jack Benson, who broke the seal, drawing out the paper enclosed. This is a part of what the ...

— The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise - The Young Kings of the Deep • Victor G. Durham

... institutions of their native country, had been an object of their serious meditation. The settlers of all the former European colonies had contented themselves with the powers conferred upon them by their respective charters, without looking beyond the seal of the royal parchment for the measure of their rights and the rule of their duties. The founders of Plymouth had been impelled by the peculiarities of their situation to examine the subject with deeper and more comprehensive research. After twelve years of banishment from ...

— Orations • John Quincy Adams

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