Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A man or a ship engaged in the seal-fishery.
  • noun One who seals; one who stamps with a seal.
  • noun 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.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
  • noun One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A tool used to seal something.
  • noun A person who is employed to seal things.
  • noun A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into pourous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
  • noun A person who hunts seals.
  • noun A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an official who affixes a seal to a document
  • noun 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

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seal (to close something)

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seal (to hunt seals)

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Examples

  • The sealer is added last to prevent the formation of lumps in the mixture.

    The Sky Is Falling 2008

  • The sealer is added last to prevent the formation of lumps in the mixture.

    The Sky Is Falling 2008

  • I know that roof sealer is similar with Marmolite (a fine white sand or marble powder) added.

    whitewash/sealer/primer 2005

  • The sealer is diluted into the slurry a ratio of four parts slurry to one part sealer.

    Roof repairs....and rain 2005

  • I know that roof sealer is similar with Marmolite (a fine white sand or marble powder) added.

    whitewash/sealer/primer 2005

  • The sealer is diluted into the slurry a ratio of four parts slurry to one part sealer.

    Roof repairs....and rain 2005

  • I know that roof sealer is similar with Marmolite (a fine white sand or marble powder) added.

    whitewash/sealer/primer 2005

  • The sealer is diluted into the slurry a ratio of four parts slurry to one part sealer.

    Roof repairs....and rain 2005

  • I know that roof sealer is similar with Marmolite (a fine white sand or marble powder) added.

    whitewash/sealer/primer 2005

  • The sealer is diluted into the slurry a ratio of four parts slurry to one part sealer.

    Roof repairs....and rain 2005

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  • A person who hunts seals.

    A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.

    A tool used to seal something.

    A person who is employed to seal things.

    A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into pourous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.

    Such diverse meanings!

    June 7, 2022