单词 | button seal |
释义 | > as lemmasbutton seal button seal n. any of various of seals (seal n.2) resembling a button, typically shaped like a small flat disc; spec. (a) a seal of wax, gold, etc., used to secure or authenticate a document, letter, etc. (obsolete); (b) an engraved seal (seal n.2 3), made of stone, ivory, bone, etc., used in various ancient cultures, sometimes having a perforated stem on the back and perhaps worn as a pendant or sewn on to clothing. ΚΠ 1798 R. O'Brien Let. 12 Oct. in D. W. Knox Naval Docs. U.S. Wars with Barbary Powers (1939) I. 259 The Register being indorsed & haveing allso a Bill of Sale of Said Brig. with a button Seal. 1865 E. F. Carlén Guardian III. xxviii. 285 Doubtless, for the sake of secrecy, Malvina had adopted this extraordinary scrawl..and the next second he felt tempted to kiss the hateful, coarse button-seal... The letter was opened, and three papers slipped out. 1894 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 14 336 The top..probably once perforated, is not only analogous in form, but bears a simple geometrical design almost identical with that on an early steatite ‘button-seal’ from Knôsos. 1921 Virginia Law Rev. 8 48 The button seal underwent several changes but it had the objection that a special tool or press was required to affix it. 1995 in P. Seaton Chalcolithic Cult & Risk Managem. at Teleilat Ghassul (2008) i. 74/2 Gilead notes from Grar a phyllite/polished greenstone pierced ‘looped conoid button seal’ with a spiral design. 2008 Liverpool Daily Echo (Nexis) 2 Aug. 29 A water guard's button seal was used to stamp red wax seals on taxed goods after inspection. < as lemmas |
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