That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which authenticates; that which secures; assurance
To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed
French seel, a signet: Latin sigillum, a mark, seal 1 An instrument for impressing wax made to adhere to a writing, in attestation of the genuineness of the writing or of the deliberation with which it is executed The impression produced with such instrument Among the Saxons, seals were little used; their method was for such as could write to subscribe their names, and, whether they could write or not, to affix the sign of the cross
Aquatic carnivore with webbed flippers and a streamlined body. Earless (true, or hair) seals (of the family Phocidae, with 18 species) lack external ears. In water, they propel themselves by side-to-side strokes of the hind limbs and maneuver with their forelimbs. On land, they wriggle on their belly or pull themselves with their forelimbs. Earless species include the elephant seal, harbour seal, harp seal, and leopard seal. The eared seals (family Otariidae, with five species of sea lion and nine of fur seal) have external ears and longer flippers. In water, they propel themselves by a rowing motion of their forelimbs; on land, they use all four limbs to move about. cylinder seal elephant seal fur seal harbour seal harp seal leopard seal oil seal shaft seal Solomon's seal