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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

... which there were two chasms near together in the earth beneath, and two corresponding chasms in the heaven above. And there were judges sitting in the intermediate space, bidding the just ascend by the heavenly way on the right hand, having the seal of their judgment set upon them before, while the unjust, having the seal behind, were bidden to descend by the way on the left hand. Him they told to look and listen, as he was to be their messenger to men from the world below. And he beheld and saw the souls departing ...

— The Republic • Plato

... dying now, Life's golden sands are waning fast; Seal on my lips the parting kiss,— It is the ...

— Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland • Abigail Stanley Hanna

... Greek, pronounced Var-i-ko-seal, accent on either Var or seal) is a condition of bagging, bunching, bulging or twisting of the veins in the scrotum (bag or testicle sac.) It is most commonly found on the left side of the bag, but sometimes is to be seen on both sides. Usually the scrotum is bulged out on the ...

— Manhood Perfectly Restored • Unknown

... this fairy-Prince in an unfairylike kingdom! He could only declare his love, and sound the heart of his beloved, with his eyes. Etiquette put a leaden seal on his lips till from hers should come the sweet avowal and the momentous proffer to rule the ruler—to assume love's sovereignty over the Sovereign. After five days of troubled yet joyous waiting, it came—the happy "climax," ...

— Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood • Grace Greenwood

... South Carolina in making it illegal to teach a colored person to read and write struck this spark from his pen: "There is something unspeakably pitiable and alarming," he writes in the Philanthropist, "in the state of that society where it is deemed necessary, for self-preservation, to seal up the mind and debase the intellect of man to brutal incapacity.... Truly the alternatives of oppression are terrible. But this state of things cannot always last, nor ignorance alone shield us from destruction." His interest in the question was clearly growing. But it was still ...

— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

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