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title, " de Sigillorum prifco & novo Jure, Traftatus Prac- 

 ticus," &c. We have another work of the like kind by 

 Heineccius, in folio, printed at Frankfort and LeipQc in 

 1709, under the title, " de Veteribus Germanorum alia- 

 rumqiie Nationum iiigillis, eorumque Ufu & Prsllantia, 

 Syntagma Hiltoricum." 



Seal is alfo ufed for the wax or lead, and the impreffion 

 thereon, fixed to the thing fealed. 



The manufaclurers' feal, frequently applied to their (luffs, 

 &c. is to be of lead. That of knights, by the French law, 

 is to be of hard wax ; that of agents, of foft wax. 



Some feals are (lamped on the paper or parchment itfelf, 

 others hung by filken llrings. 



The French fcal their edidls with green wax ; arrets with 

 yellow wax ; expedients for Dauphine with red wax. And 

 the letters of the French academy are fealed with blue wax. 

 See Wax. 



Seal, Hermetical. See HermeticaL. 



Seal, Lady's, m Botany, a fpecies of Bryony. 



Seal, Solomon's, or lily of the valley. See CoNVALLA- 



KIA. 



Seal, m Zoology. See Phoca, and alfo SsA-Bear, and 

 Se\- CaJf. 



Seal, ffair of the, in Agriculture, is a fubdance made ufe 

 of as a manure, in the way of top-dreffing, in combination 

 with rabbits' dung and lime, but which can feldom be pro- 

 vided in any fufficiently large quantity, nor is it found very 

 beneficial for the purpofe. See Manure. 



Seal, in Geography, a fmall ifland near the coad of 

 Donegal, Ireland, called in Arrowfmith's map Glafhedi ; 

 it is near the entrance of Strabagy bay, and about four miles 

 fouth of Malin Head. 



Seal IJland, an idand near the S.W. coaft of Nova Scotia. 

 N. ht. 43° 25'. W. long. 66°. — Alfo, an ifland in the At- 

 lantic, near the coad of Maine. N. lat. 43° 50'. W. long. 

 68^ 40'. — Alfo, a fmall ifland W. of King George the 

 Third's Sound, on the S. coad of New Holland ; 3 miles 

 N.W. of Baldhead. 



Seal IJlands, a duller of fmall iflands in the Atlantic, 

 near the coall of Maine. N. lat. 44° 45'. W. long 67° 

 46'. — Alfo, a cinder of fmall iflands near the ea(l coad of 

 Labrador. N. lat. 53° 15'. W. long. 55° 10'. 



Seal Key, a fmall ifland in the Spani(h Main, near the 

 Mofquito diore. N. lat. 12° 54'. W. long. 82° 40'. — See 

 alfo LoBOs. 



Seal River, a river of North America, which runs into 

 Hudfon's bay. 



SEALCOTE, a town of Hindoodan, in the country 

 of Lahore ; 50 miles N.N.E. of Lahore. N. lat. 31° 44'. 

 E. long. 73^ 50'. 



SEALER, an officer in chancery, appointed by the lord 

 chancellor, or keeper of the great feal, to feal the writs and 

 indruments there made m his prefence. 



SEALING, in ArchiteSure, the fixing of a piece of wood 

 or iron in a wall, with plader, mortar, cement, lead, or 

 other folid binding. 



For daples, hinges, and joints, plader is very proper. 



SEALiNG-/^rt*. See Wax. 



SEAM, or Same, in Rural Economy, a term applied to 

 tallow, greafe, hog's lard, before it is rendered and formed 

 into lard, &c. in fome places. 



Seam, a term applied co a horfe-load of three hundred 

 weight. I(j Cornwall, a feam of fand weighs two hundred 

 weight. The feam alfo differs very much in the weight of 

 different articles of other kinds. It likewife varies in different 

 didrids ef the kingdom. 



Seam of Corn, in Agriculture, the meafure of a quartCT>l 

 or eight budiels. 



Seam of Gtafs, is the quantity of one hundred andtwentfJ 

 pounds, or twenty-tour done, each five pounds weight. 



Seam of IVood, in Rural Econtmy, a horte-load ot wood 

 or as much as can be carried by a Urong animal of that kindj 

 It differs, however, in different dillritts. 



SEAMS, or Seyms, in Horfes, certain clefts in theill 

 quarters, occaiioned by the dryncls of the foot, or by riding 

 upon hard ground. 



Seams, in Ship- Building, the openings or joints between 

 the edges o& the planks when wrought. 



Seams, in Sail-Making. Sails have a double flat feam,^ 

 that IS, the edges or felvages of the canvas are lapped one 

 over the other an incii or more, and both edges firmly fewed 

 down. 



Seams o/" a 5a/7 are of two forts, monk't-ftam, viA round' 

 feam. 



Seam, Aloni's. See Monk. 



Seam, Round, of a fail, is l"o called, becaufe rouad like 

 the common learn. 



SEAMEN. See Mariners and Navy. 



SEAMER, in Geography, a river of England, in the 

 county of York, which runs into the Ure. 



Seamer's Lake, a lake in America, in the date of Ver- 

 mont. N. lat. 44^^52'. W. long. 71° 55'. 



SEAMLEE, a town of Hindoodan, in the circar of 

 Schaurunpour ; 36 miles S. of ^chaurunpour. 



SEA-OTTER Sound, a bay on the W. coad of North 

 America. N. lat. 55° 40'. W. long. 133° 45'. 



SEA-PYES' Keys, a cluder of fmall iflands in the gulf 

 of Mexico. N. lat. 2(f 56'. W. long. 89^ 5'. 



SEAR, in Rural Economy, a term applied to dry or 

 rotten wood, in oppofition to that which is green. 



SEARA, in Geography, a town of Brazil, in the govern- 

 ment of Maranhao. S. lat. 3° 30'. W. long. 39° 30'. — 

 Alfo, a river of Brazil, which runs into the Atlantic, S, 

 lat. 3^ 30'. W. long. 39° 30*. 



SEARCE. See Sieve. 



SEARCH-/Karra«/, in Law, a kind of general vjar- 

 rant ifl'ued by judices of peace, for fearching all fufpeAed 

 places for dolen goods ; and there is a precedent in Dal- 

 ton, requiring the condable to fearch all fuch fufpefted 

 places, as he and the party complaining (hall think conve- 

 nient ; but fuch practice is condemned by lord Hale, Mr. 

 Hawkins, and the bed authorities. However, in cafe of 

 a complaint, and oath made of goods dolen, and that the 

 party fufpefts that the goods are in fuch houfe, and (hews 

 the caufe of fuch fufpicion, the judice may grant a warrant 

 to fearch in thofe fufpetled places mentioned in his warrant, 

 and to attach the goods, and the party in whofe cudody they 

 are found, and bring them before him or fome other judice, 

 to give an account how he came by them, and to abide (uch 

 order as to law (hall appertain ; which warrant (bould be 

 diredled to the condable, or other public officer, wlio may 

 enter a fufpetled houle and make fearch. 



SEARCHER, an officer in the cudoms, whofe bufinefs 

 it is to fearch and examine (hips outward bound, if they 

 have any prohibited or uncudomed goods on board, &c. 

 12 Car. II. There are alfo fearchersof leather, &c. See 

 Alnager. 



Searcher, in Artillery, is an iron focket with branches, 

 from four to eight in number, a little bent outwards with 

 fmall points at their ends ; lo this focket is fixed a wooden 

 handle, from eight to twelve feet long, of abost an inch 

 and a quarter diameter. This fearcher is introduced into the 

 gun after it has been fired and turned round, in crder to dif- 



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