Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that seals, as an undercoat of paint or varnish used to size a surface.
- n. An officer who inspects, tests, and certifies weights and measures.
- n. One that is engaged in the hunting of seals.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man or a ship engaged in the seal-fishery.
- n. One who seals; one who stamps with a seal.
- n. In the United States, an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard; also, an officer who inspects and stamps leather; also, one who inspects brick-molds, sealing such as are of proper size.
Wiktionary
- n. A tool used to seal something.
- n. A person who is employed to seal things.
- n. A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into pourous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
- n. A person who hunts seals.
- n. A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
- n. A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an official who affixes a seal to a document
- n. a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
Etymologies
- seal (to hunt seals) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The sealer is added last to prevent the formation of lumps in the mixture.”
“The sealer is diluted into the slurry a ratio of four parts slurry to one part sealer.”
“I know that roof sealer is similar with Marmolite (a fine white sand or marble powder) added.”
“He is joined by female lead Aisha who is a "sealer" (read: magic user).”
“Several coats of sealer were applied, followed by more sanding, a last thinned-out coat of sealer and yet another sanding.”
“Mahogany is considered a premium deck wood and often has good color of its own, so you might want to consider a clear deck sealer rather than another stain.”
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“I tested the latest clear technology deck sealer last year, and it failed miserably.”
The Washington Post: Crash course for new homeowners on cleaning and sealing decks
“The cedar wood where I applied the sealer looked great for a month, but then it started to turn gray.”
The Washington Post: Crash course for new homeowners on cleaning and sealing decks
“You can get at least two types of deck stain or sealer.”
The Washington Post: Crash course for new homeowners on cleaning and sealing decks
“I complained to the sealer manufacturer, and they sent me three different ones to test.”
The Washington Post: Crash course for new homeowners on cleaning and sealing decks
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