单词 | sealing |
释义 | sealingn.1 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. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > attaching of seal sealing1338 subsignation1573 1338 R. Mannyng 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. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 26 Sum thrifty man..to be at the selyng. 1662 Act 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. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (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. ΚΠ 1546 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 1st Pt. f. 23 Vowes, othes, oblygacyons, and sealynges to the Beastes holye seruyce. 1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (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. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > sealing up sealingc1480 obsignation1653 resealing1768 c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 786 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 173 Bot Ihesus, quhene he rase fra dede,..al vnsterynge þe stekyne of þe presone & þe selynge, owte of þe cawe þan can me ta. 1669 R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 438 St. Alban's seemed mightily dissatisfied with this sealing up of the goods. 1884 tr. Gaboriau's Little Old Man v The commissary of police was finishing the sealing-up of the cupboards in the bedroom. b. Surgery. The close bandaging of wounds, etc.; also the bandage. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > bandage > [noun] swathec1050 blood benda1250 blood bandc1300 bondc1384 whip1504 trusser1519 swath-band1556 swaddlea1569 winding band1582 deligature1583 ligation1598 bandage1599 fettle1599 ligament1599 selvage1599 swathe1615 swaddlings1623 anadesm1658 fasciation1658 girt1676 platysma1684 flannels1723 fillet1802 sealing1862 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > [noun] > bandaging > closely sealing1862 1862 Med. Times & Gaz. 6 Dec. 601/2 Treatment of ulcers..by ‘Sealing’. 1862 Med. Times & Gaz. 6 Dec. 601/2 It was necessary to remove the sealing. 1863 Lancet 1 Aug. 148/1 The Sealing of Ulcers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animals hunted > trail > [noun] > foot-print pointingc1425 sealing1591 seal1686 pad1791 pug1851 pad mark1900 1591 T. Cokayne Short 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. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] signeting1557 signation1607 sigillation1642 sealing1674 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 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. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > seal inseila1000 seal1258 signet1384 chop1614 sigillation1642 sealing1904 1904 Q. Rev. Oct. 392 Those monstrous shapes..appear in great variety on gem sealings. 1905 A. 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.) ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Sealing, in Architecture, the fixing a Piece of Wood or Iron in a Wall, with Plaister, Mortar, Cement, Lead, or other solid Bindings. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 592. b. The action or process of rendering impervious; also concrete, material used for this. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > sealing up > so as to be impervious sealing1955 1955 C. 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. 1960 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XIV. 532/2 Sealing..prevents penetration of or redissolution in subsequent finish coats. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 139/2 The rubber sealing round the ventilating panes was not effective. 6. a. Among the Mormons: the ceremony of taking a ‘spiritual’ wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > Mormon sealing1856 1856 B. G. Ferris Mormons at Home 114 (Bartlett 1860) These left-hand marriages are called sealings. b. Among the Irvingites (see quot.). ΚΠ 1914 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics VII. 425/1 A rite of ‘sealing’, or laying on of hands, by which those who received the witness of the last times were set apart against the final day of Redemption. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for legal process or document lawc1410 sealing money1599 post term1607 primer finea1634 post terminum1650 hearing-fee1887 1599 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 350 Sometimes is noted how much beside the fine the tenants gave for sealing mony. sealing-thread n. ? a thread or string laid upon, or covered with, wax before making an impression with the signet. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > sealing > [noun] > attaching of seal > material attaching seal double queuec1475 labela1513 sealing-thread1591 tag1688 stock1711 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 89 Giue me some wax, some sealing thrid, my dust box, & my seale. sealing-water n. water standing in the trap of a drain which prevents the escape of foul air from a sewer. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > that which closes an aperture > material or composition used for > water standing in a trap sealing-water1884 seal1889 1884 Waring in Cent. Mag. Dec. 260/2 The current thus produced is to carry the sealing-water with it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). sealingn.2 The hunting of the seal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > whaling and seal-hunting > seal-hunting > [noun] sealing1786 swilingc1894 sealery1895 land-sealing1911 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 3/1 In a few years [they] made Stonington famed for sealing. 1848 S. Maunder Treasury Nat. Hist. Gloss. 805/1 Sealing, the operation of taking seals and curing their skins. 1870 Daily News 18 Apr. Sealing was exceptionally early this season. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2018). sealingadj. That seals. Usually figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > sealing sealingc1450 self-sealing1854 c1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 2 To make seling prove of the forsaid sothfastnes. 1682 J. Flavell Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) vi. 102 The sealing graces are in you, the sealing spirit is ready..the sealing promises belong to you. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 224 It embodies in a few syllables the sealing difference between the Greek and the mediæval. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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