An officer responsible for sealing writs or instruments, stamping weights and measures, etc.
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A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into porous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding.
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Hobbies, Lifestyle, SportsColloquial A goal, shot, point, etc., scored close to fulltime so that it becomes impossible for the losing side to score enough to win.
"We must club the seals," I announced, when convinced of my poor marksmanship. "I have heard the sealers talk about clubbing them."1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
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A vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.