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seal·er 1

 (sē′lər)
n.
1. One that seals, as an undercoat of paint or varnish used to size a surface.
2. An officer who inspects, tests, and certifies weights and measures.

seal·er 2

 (sē′lər)
n.
One that is engaged in the hunting of seals.
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sealer

(ˈsiːlə)
n
1. a person or thing that seals
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (formerly in Britain and currently in the US) an official who examines the accuracy of weights and measures
3. (Chemistry) a coating of paint, varnish, etc, applied to a surface to prevent the absorption of subsequent coats

sealer

(ˈsiːlə)
n
(Hunting) a person or ship occupied in hunting seals
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seal•er1

(ˈsi lər)

n.
1. a substance applied to a porous surface as a basecoat for paint, varnish, etc.
2. an officer who verifies that weights and measures are true to the standard.
[1350–1400]

seal•er2

(ˈsi lər)

n.
a person or ship that hunts seals.
[1760–70]
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sealer

, sealing - A sealer is a seal hunter and seal hunting is called sealing.
See also related terms for hunting.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sealer - a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)sealer - a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface)
sealant
sealing material - any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface
caulk, caulking - a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building and repair to make watertight
2.sealer - an official who affixes a seal to a document
functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
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Translations

sealer

[ˈsiːləʳ] N (= person) → cazador(a) m/f de focas; (= boat) → barco m para la caza de focas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sealer

[ˈsiːlər] n → enduit m de rebouchagesea level n → niveau m de la mer
2,000 m above sea level → 2 000 m au-dessus du niveau de la mersealing wax n → cire f à cachetersea lion n → lion m de mer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sealer

1
n (= boat) → Robbenfänger m; (= person) → Robbenfänger(in) m(f)

sealer

2
n (= varnish) → (Ver)siegeler m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sealer

[ˈsiːləʳ] n → nave f per la pesca delle foche
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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High up on the beach of the second cove from ours, we discovered the splintered wreck of a boat--a sealer's boat, for the rowlocks were bound in sennit, a gun-rack was on the starboard side of the bow, and in white letters was faintly visible Gazelle No.
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And it was of sealskin,--and he was an old sealer."
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The song of pleasant stations beside the salt lagoons, The song of blowing squadrons that shuffled down the dunes, The song of midnight dances that churned the sea to flame-- The Beaches of Lukannon--before the sealers came!
Men shoot us in the water and club us on the land; Men drive us to the Salt House like silly sheep and tame, And still we sing Lukannon--before the sealers came.
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The Lincoln hills rose up around me at the extremity of a snowy plain, in which I did not remember to have stood before; and the fishermen, at an indeterminable distance over the ice, moving slowly about with their wolfish dogs, passed for sealers, or Esquimaux, or in misty weather loomed like fabulous creatures, and I did not know whether they were giants or pygmies.
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If you go into the markets and the custom-houses, the insurers' and notaries' offices, the offices of sealers of weights and measures, of inspection of provisions,-- it will appear as if one man had made it all.
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