Meaning of सील in English
- of Intaglio
- A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.
- A dish or plate of metal or earthenware; a patella.
- The color or incrustation which age gives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals.
- The common seal.
- Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco.
- Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and Otariidae.
- An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.
- Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed under hand and seal.
- That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.
- That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance.
- An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap.
- To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
- To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware.
- To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
- Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.
- To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like.
- To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d Seal, 5.
- Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
- To affix one's seal, or a seal.
- of Seal
- See Sill., n. a foundation.
- A leaf or division of the calyx.
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