Definition of seal

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Seal (v. t.) To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like..

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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..
Promise :: Promise (a.) An engagement by one person to another, either in words or in writing, but properly not under seal, for the performance or nonperformance of some particular thing. The word promise is used to denote the mere engagement of a person, without regard to the consideration for it, or the corresponding duty of the party to whom it is made..
Bulla :: Bulla (n.) A leaden seal for a document; esp. the round leaden seal attached to the papal bulls, which has on one side a representation of St. Peter and St. Paul, and on the other the name of the pope who uses it..
Sicca :: Sicca (n.) A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains..
Sphragistics :: Sphragistics (n.) The science of seals, their history, age, distinctions, etc., esp. as verifying the age and genuiness of documents..
Appendant :: Appendant (v. t.) Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper..
Flense :: Flense (v. t.) To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife..
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..
Sea Calf :: Sea calf () The common seal.
Rookery :: Rookery (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals..
Counterseal :: Counterseal (v. t.) To seal or ratify with another or others.
Tangfish :: Tangfish (n.) The common harbor seal.
Breve :: Breve (n.) Any writ or precept under seal, issued out of any court..
Talisman :: Talisman (n.) A magical figure cut or engraved under certain superstitious observances of the configuration of the heavens, to which wonderful effects are ascribed; the seal, figure, character, or image, of a heavenly sign, constellation, or planet, engraved on a sympathetic stone, or on a metal corresponding to the star, in order to receive its influence..
Hooded :: Hooded (a.) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake..
Sealing Wax :: Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc..
Seal :: Seal (n.) An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security..
Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5..
Sealer :: Sealer (n.) 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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