单词 | counter-seal |
释义 | † counter-sealn. Obsolete exc. Historical. a. A smaller seal impressed upon the reverse of a main seal, to give additional security or sanction. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > seal > other seals bull1340 printerc1425 counter-seal1611 label-seal1679 gum-seal1826 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 856/1 To stampe his owne Armes both in their great and Counter-Seale. b. The reverse side or part of a seal. ΚΠ 1677 F. Sandford Geneal. Hist. Kings Eng. 73 Upon this Counterseal Richard is represented on Horsback. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xxiv. 319 In taking these impressions, consequently, two dies or matrices..were employed; these were severally called the Seal and Counter-Seal. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † counter-sealv. Obsolete. transitive. To seal with an additional seal by way of sanction or further security: cf. countersign n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > seal [verb (transitive)] > counter-seal counter-seala1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 206 You shall beare A better witnesse backe then words, which we On like conditions, will haue Counter-seal'd . View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。