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Definition of Seal
Pronunciation: sēl | n. | 1. | (Zool.) Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidæ and Otariidæ.| Harbor seal | | (Zool.) the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean, and often ascends rivers; - called also marbled seal, native seal, river seal, bay seal, land seal, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard, ranger, selchie, tangfish. |
| | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal. | | 3. | That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it. | | 4. | That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance. | | 5. | An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap. | | v. t. | 1. | To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed. | | 2. | To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware. | | 3. | To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter. | | 4. | Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret. | | 5. | To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like. | | 6. | To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5. | | 7. | Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. | | v. i. | 1. | To affix one's seal, or a seal. |
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