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▪ I. sealing, vbl. n.1|ˈsiːlɪŋ|
[f. seal v.1 + -ing1.]
1. a. The action of affixing a seal or stamp to a document as a ratification, or to a manufactured article as evidence of genuineness, measure, or quality.
1338R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 300 For he had grantid þer to þe Chartre forto sele, & after þat selyng alle suld þei come þe barons & þe kyng, & tak of þam hard dome. 1463Bury Wills (Camden) 26 Sum thrifty man..to be at the selyng. 1662Act 14 Chas. II, c. 5 §2 The said Warden..shall have..Power and Authority..to make Seales from time to time for the sealing of the same [Worsted-] Stuffs. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) IV. 234 Testified by a writing under their hands and seals, attested by two or more witnesses; the attestation extending only to the sealing and delivery of the deed.
†b. fig. Obs.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1560) 28 b, Vowes, othes, oblygations and sealynges to the Beastes holy seruice. 1555in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xliii. 121 That God of his free mercy wil give us the ful sealing of his..grace.
2. a. The action of closing or fastening with a seal.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (Jacobus Minor) 786 Bot Ihesus, quhene he rase fra dede,..al vnsterynge þe stekyne of þe presone & þe selynge, owte of þe can me ta. 1669R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 438 St. Alban's seemed mightily dissatisfied with this sealing up of the goods. 1884tr. Gaboriau's Little Old Man v, The commissary of police was finishing the sealing-up of the cupboards in the bedroom.
b. Surg. The close bandaging of wounds, etc.; also the bandage.
1862Med. Times & Gaz. 6 Dec. 601/2 Treatment of ulcers..by ‘Sealing’. Ibid., It was necessary to remove the sealing. 1863Lancet 1 Aug. 148/1 The Sealing of Ulcers.
†3. = seal n.2 1 j. Obs. rare—1.
1591Cockaine Treat. Hunting D 2 b, Your huntsman early in the morning..must goe to the water; and seeke for the new swaging of an Otter, and in the mud or grauell finde out the sealing of his foote.
4. a. The action of making an impression upon wax or other soft material by means of a signet.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 176 Little otherwise Gods working or knowing differs from ours, as sealing or printing does from limning and drawing.
b. The impression made by such an act.
1904Q. Rev. Oct. 392 Those monstrous shapes..appear in great variety on gem sealings. 1905A. J. Evans in Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens XI. 12 Among the fragmentary clay sealings..were several of religious import.
5. Building, etc.
a. (See quot. and seal v.1 10.)
1728Chambers Cycl., Sealing, in Architecture, the fixing a Piece of Wood or Iron in a Wall, with Plaister, Mortar, Cement, Lead, or other solid Bindings. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Builder 592.
b. The action or process of rendering impervious; also concr., material used for this.
1955C. Jasper Handbk. Decorating & Painting ii. 51 Sealing. The best form of treatment..for making the plaster suitable to receive oil paint, is to apply..alkali resisting primer. 1960McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIV. 532/2 Sealing..prevents penetration of or redissolution in subsequent finish coats. 1962Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 139/2 The rubber sealing round the ventilating panes was not effective.
6. Among the Mormons: the ceremony of taking a ‘spiritual’ wife.
1856B. G Ferris Mormons at Home 114 (Bartlett 1860) These left-hand marriages are called sealings.
7. attrib. and Comb., as † sealing money, a fee paid at the signing of a lease; sealing-thread, ? a thread or string laid upon, or covered with, wax before making an impression with the signet; sealing-water, water standing in the trap of a drain which prevents the escape of foul air from a sewer.
1599in Fowler Hist. C.C.C. (O.H.S.) 350 Sometimes is noted how much beside the fine the tenants gave for *sealing mony.
1591Florio 2nd Fruites 89 Giue me some wax, some *sealing thrid, my dust box, & my seale.
1884Waring in Century Mag. Dec. 260/2 The current thus produced is to carry the *sealing-water with it.
▪ II. sealing, vbl. n.2|ˈsiːlɪŋ|
[f. seal v.3 + -ing1.]
The hunting of the seal.
1839Southern Lit. Messenger V. 3/1 In a few years [they] made Stonington famed for sealing. 1848Maunder Treas. Nat. Hist. 805 Sealing, the operation of taking seals and curing their skins. 1870Daily News 18 Apr., Sealing was exceptionally early this season.
attrib.1786G. Cartwright Jrnl. (1792) III. 237 All the sealing-posts now exhibit a very different appearance from what they originally did. 1842Jukes Excurs. Newfoundld. I. 277 Captain Furneaux..killed two with his sealing-gun loaded with seal shot. 1858Greener Gunnery Advt. 2 W. G. will undertake contracts for quantities of arms..such as..rifles or sealing guns. Ibid. 3 Sealing rifles. 1860Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 4 Coasting, sealing, or fishing vessels. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 26 Apr. 14/2 The United States expressed a willingness to compensate the owners of the sealing fleet for the loss of the industry. 1933J. Buchan Prince of Captivity i. iii. 91 A sealing sloop had crawled up the coast as soon as spring opened the shore waters. 1977Time 10 Oct. 62/1 Before he was out of his teens he had..shipped on a sealing expedition to the Bering Sea.
▪ III. sealing, ppl. a.|ˈsiːlɪŋ|
[f. seal v.1 + -ing2.]
That seals. Usually fig.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 2 To make seling prove of the forsaid sothfastnes. 1682J. Flavel Fear 102 The sealing graces are in you, the sealing spirit is ready..the sealing promises belong to you. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. III. iv. xiv. §40 It embodies in a few syllables the sealing difference between the Greek and the mediæval. |