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Definition of Sealer
1. Noun. 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).
Generic synonyms: Sealing Material
Specialized synonyms: Caulk, Caulking
Derivative terms: Seal, Seal, Seal, Seal, Seal
2. Noun. An official who affixes a seal to a document.
Definition of Sealer
1. n. One who seals; especially, an officer whose duty it is to seal writs or instruments, to stamp weights and measures, or the like.
2. n. A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
Definition of Sealer
1. Noun. A tool used to seal something. ¹
2. Noun. A person who is employed to seal things. ¹
3. Noun. A coating designed to prevent excessive absorption of finish coats into pourous surfaces; a coating designed to prevent bleeding. ¹
4. Noun. A person who hunts seals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sealer
1. one that seals [n -S] - See also: seals
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sealer
Literary usage of Sealer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Lessons in Civil Government: Including a Comprehensive View of the by Andrew White Young (1850)
"The town sealer is required to keep correct copies of the standard of weights
... of such standard are furnished by the state sealer to each county sealer, ..."
2. First Lessons in Civil Government: Including a Comprehensive View of the by Andrew White Young (1846)
"Copies of such standard are furnished by the state sealer to each county sealer,
at the expense of the county, who furnishes each town sealer with a copy of ..."
3. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"Connecticut: Fairfield County WILLIAM H. BROWN, County sealer of Weights ...
Morgan County —GL RIGGS, County sealer of Weights and Measures, Jacksonville. ..."
4. The County and Town Officer, Or, A Concise View of the Duties and Offices of by John Tappen (1816)
"Besides the secretary of state, who is ex-officio the state sealer of weights
and measures, and three assistant state sealers, one of whom shall reside in ..."
5. NBS Special Publication (1920)
"Tennessee: Utah: Chattanooga TF MAHONEY, sealer of Weights and Measures. Virginia:
Salt Lake City TL IRVINE, Inspector of Oil, Weights, and Measures. ..."
6. Forest Mensuration by Herman Haupt Chapman (1921)
"The sealer. A sealer with no other duties can number and scale 500 logs per day,
running 10 logs per 1000 board feet or 50000 board feet at a cost of about ..."
7. Inventory of the Town and City Archives of Rhode Island by Historical Records Survey Rhode Island (1765)
"sealer of Weights and Measures; Auctioneer (Next entry 220, p. 134) XXV. sealer OF
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES One of the officers to be elected at the first town ..."
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