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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

... see me alone, my child?" he said, seeing a faint trembling like that of a butterfly beginning in her. "All you say to me will be under the seal of confession. It will never ...

— Prisoners - Fast Bound In Misery And Iron • Mary Cholmondeley

... the thick packet on her lap. 'Miss Hamilton,'—yes, it was her own name: he had written it. I saw her look at it, first incredulously, then with dawning hope in her eyes; but before her trembling hands could break the old-fashioned seal with which he had sealed it I had noiselessly ...

— Uncle Max • Rosa Nouchette Carey

... Elizabeth were balanced with it, and I therefore, with a contented and even cheerful countenance, agreed with my father that if my cousin would consent, the ceremony should take place in ten days, and thus put, as I imagined, the seal to my fate. ...

— Frankenstein - or The Modern Prometheus • Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley

... been traced by a Chinese pencil. The silken down on his cheeks, like his bright curling hair, shone golden in the sunlight. A divine graciousness transfused the white temples that caught that golden gleam; a matchless nobleness had set its seal in the short chin raised, but not abruptly. The smile that hovered about the coral lips, yet redder as they seemed by force of contrast with the even teeth, was the smile of some sorrowing angel. Lucien's hands denoted race; they were shapely hands; hands that men obey at a sign, and ...

— Lost Illusions • Honore De Balzac

... preliminary to it the bride is presented with some money by the boy's father, which is known as the Meher or dowry. On its conclusion a cup of sherbet is given to the bridegroom, of which he drinks half and hands the remainder to the bride. The gift of the Meher is considered to seal the marriage contract. When a widow is married the Kazi is also employed, and he simply recites the Kalama or Muhammadan profession of belief, and the ceremony is completed by the distribution of dates to the elders of the caste. Divorce is permitted and is ...

— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV - Kumhar-Yemkala • R.V. Russell

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