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seal

  • noun
  • sēl

A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.

Other meanings

  1. A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.

  2. An impression of such stamp on wax, paper or other material used for sealing.

Word history

From Old English "seolh".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “seal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.