Definition of seal

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Seal (v. t.) Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret..

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Eburin :: Eburin (n.) A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc..
Pinniped :: Pinniped (n.) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal.
Sealing Wax :: Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc..
Specialty :: Specialty (n.) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified..
Notarial :: Notarial (a.) Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation..
Append :: Append (v. t.) To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column..
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals..
Hermetical :: Hermetical (a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically..
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal..
Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe..
Saddleback :: Saddleback (n.) The harp seal.
Waxbill :: Waxbill (n.) Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds..
Hydrastine :: Hydrastine (n.) An alkaloid, found in the rootstock of the golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance. It is used as a tonic and febrifuge..
Walrus :: Walrus (n.) 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..
Pinnigrade :: Pinnigrade (n.) An animal of the seal tribe, moving by short feet that serve as paddles..
Spigurnel :: Spigurnel (n.) Formerly the title of the sealer of writs in chancery.
Sea Elephant :: Sea elephant () A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct..
Obsigillation :: Obsigillation (n.) A sealing up.
Ragman :: Ragman (n.) A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull..
Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe..
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