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afer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal. Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond Thou but offend;st thy lungs to speak so loud. Shak.

Of a rich dark brown color, like the fur of the fur seal after it is dyed.

One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.

A seal. [Scotch]

A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

The skin of a seal; the pelt of a seal prepared for use, esp. of the fur seal; also, a garment made of this material.

The great seal of England; the public seal of a country or state.

To stamp with the broad seal; to make sure; to guarantee or warrant. [Obs.] Thy presence broadseals our delights for pure. B. Jonson.

To seal or ratify with another or others. Shak.

To impress with a seal; to mark as with a seal; hence, to ratify. [Obs.] This deed I do enseal. Piers Plowman.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an epiphysis.

Situated between bones; as, an interosseous ligament.

A form of capsule for inclosing a dose of medicine that is offensive, caustic, or the like.

The European Solomon's seal (Polygonatum verticillatum).

resembling a rose in smell or color. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

A mystic symbol consisting of two interlaced triangles forming a star with six points, often with one triangle dark and one light, symbolic of the union of soul and body.

Of or pertaining to to symphysis.

To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter. Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. Sir W. Scott.

r end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [Obs.] Shak.