sealing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SE'ALING, participle present tense Fixing a seal; fastening with a seal; confirming; closing; keeping secret; fixing a piece of wood or iron in a wall with cement. SE'ALING, noun [from seal, the animal] The operation of taking seals and curing their skins.
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