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sealer

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seal·er 1  (slr)
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  (slr)
n.
One that is engaged in the hunting of seals.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sealersealer - 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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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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