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ticus,” &c. We have another work of the like kind by 
Heineccius, in folio, printed at Frankfort and Leipsic in 
1709, under the title, “ de Veteribus Germanorum alia- 
rumque Nationum Sigillis, eorumque Usu et Prsestantia, 
Syntagma Historicum.” 
To SEAL, v. a. To fasten with a seal.—-I have seen her 
rise from her bed, take forth paper, fold it, write upon’t, and 
afterwards seal it. Shakspeare. —To confirm or attest by a 
seal. 
God join’d my heart to Romeo’s; thou our hands; 
And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd » 
Shall be the label to another deed. 
Or my true heart with treacherous revolt 
Turn to another, this shall slay them both. Shakspeare 
To confirm ; to ratify; to settle. 
My soul is purg’d from grudging hate, 
And with my hand I seal our true hearts’ love. Shakspeare. 
To shut; to close: with up.- —The sense is like the sun ; 
for the sun seals up the globe of heaven, and opens the globe 
of earth : so the sense doth obscure heavenly things, and 
reveals earthly things. Bacon. —To make fast. 
Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chain’d, 
And seal thee so, as henceforth not to scorn 
The facil gates of hell too slightly barr’d. Milton. 
To mark with a stamp. 
You’d rail upon the hostess. 
And say you would present her at the leet, 
Because she bought stone jugs, and no seal'd quarts. 
Shakspeare . 
To SEAL, v. n. To fix a seal.—We make a sure cove- 
pant and write it, and our princes and priests seal unto it. 
Nek. ix. 38. 
SEAL, a small island near the north coast of Ireland; 4 
miles south of Malin head. 
SEAL ISLAND, an island near the south-west coast of 
Nova Scotia. Lat. 43. 25. N. long. 66. W. 
SEAL ISLAND, an island in the Atlantic, near the coast 
of Maine. Lat. 43. 50. N. long. 68. 40. W. 
SEAL ISLAND, a small island west of King George the 
Third’s sound; on the south coast of New Holland; 3 miles 
north-west of Baldhead. It is a mass of granite, and is only 
accessible at its western end. It was discovered by Vancou¬ 
ver, who left a bottle on it, with a parchment inclosed. This 
could not, however, be found by Captain Flinders, who 
visited the isldnd in 1801. 
SEAL ISLANDS, a cluster of small islands in the Atlan¬ 
tic, near the coast of Maine. Lat. 44. 45. N. long. 67. 
46. W. 
SEAL ISLANDS, a cluster of small islands near the east 
coast of Labrador. Lat. 53. 15. N. long. 82. 40. W. 
SEAL KEY, a small island in the Spanish Main, near 
the Mosquito shore. Lat. 12. 54. N. long. 82. 40. W. 
SEAL KEY. See Louos. 
SEAL RIVER, a river of North America, which runs 
into Hudson’s Bay. 
SEALE, a parish of England, in Kent; 2 miles north¬ 
east of Seven Oaks. Population 1084. 
SEALE, a parish of England, in Surrey; 3| miles east- 
by-north of Farnham. 
SEALE, Nether and Over, two adjoining hamlets of 
England, in Leicestershire; 5 miles south-west of Ashby-de- 
la-Zouch. Population 991. 
SE'ALER, s. One that seals. Huloet. 
SEALER’S COVE, a harbour on the east coast of New 
Holland, discovered and explored by Mr. Bass. It is small, 
and apparently exposed to east winds, but is convenient and 
tolerably secure. Fresh water is abundant, and a sufficiency 
of wood is at hand to boil down any quantity of blubber 
likely to be procured. Lat. 39. 5. S. 
SEA-LETTER, or Sea-Brief, one of the documents ex¬ 
pected to be found on board of every neutral ship. It spe¬ 
cifies the nature and quantity of the cargo, the place from 
which it comes, and its destination. 
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SE'A-LIKE, adj. [pae-lic, Sax.] Resembling the sesb , 
Scarce the muse 
Dares stretch her wing o’er this enormous mass 
Of rushing water; scarce she dares attempt 
The sea-lilce Plata. Thomson. 
SE'ALING, s. Act of sealing.—Those that sealed (in the 
margin, at the sealings ) were Nehemiah, Seraiah, &c. 
Nehem. x. 1. 
SE'ALING-WAX, s. Hard wax used to seal letters.— 
The prominent orifice was closed with sealing-wax. Boyle. 
SEA-LION, s . The Pkoca Leonina. 
SEALKOTE, a celebrated city and fortress of Hindostan, 
province of Lahore, now belonging to the Seiks. By Hindoo 
tradition it is said to have been called Richnau, to have been 
built 5000 years ago, and to have been the capital of the Pun¬ 
jab, or country between the five rivers. In the year 1184, 
A.D., it was taken by the celebrated Mohammed Ghory, 
who put it into complete repair, and left a garrison there. It 
was taken by the emperor Akbar, in the 16th century, arid, 
with the adjoining districts, assigned as a jagier to rajah 
Man Sing, who expended a considerable sum of money in 
repairing it. In the following reign it was a large and 
flourishing city, and was celebrated for its manufactures of 
silk, embroidery, paper, daggers, &c. It also contained a 
number of mosques, colleges, &c.» and was surrounded by 
magnificent gardens, but it is now much fallen to decay. 
Lat. 32. 44. N. long. 73. 58. E. 
SEALS, Isle of, a small and rocky islet of Wales, on 
the northern point of Anglesey, which is much frequented 
by seals, and on which there is a good light-house. 
SEAM, s. [peam, Sax. Szoom , Dutch] The suture where 
the twoedges of cloth are sewed together. 
In velvet white as snow the troop was gown’d. 
The seams with sparkling emeralds set around. Dry den. 
Precepts should be so finely wrought together in the same 
piece, that no coarse seam may discover where they join. 
Addison. —The juncture of planks in a ship. 
With boiling pitch—the seams instops, 
Which, well laid o’er, the salt sea waves withstand. Dry den. 
A cicatrix; a scar.—[peam, Sax. a loadl] A measure; 
a vessel in which things are held; eight bushels of corn. 
Ainsworth .-—-Seam of glass. A quantity of glass, weighing- 
120 pounds.—pem?, Sax.; saim, Welsh; sain, Fr.] Tal¬ 
low ; grease; hog’s lard. 
Part scour the rusty shields with seam, and part 
New grind the blunted ax. Dry den. 
To SEAM, v. a. To join together by suture, or other¬ 
wise ; to mark ; to scar with a long cicatrix.— Seam'd o’er 
with wounds, which his own sabre gave. Pope. 
SE'A-MAID, s. A mermaid. 
Certain stars shot from their spheres, 
To hear the sea-maid's musick. Shakspeare. 
A water-nymph. 
You fisher-boyes, and sea-maids' dainty crew, 
Farewell! for Thomalin will seek a new 
And more respectful streamungrateful Charne, adieu! 
P. Fletcher. 
SE'A-MALL, s. A kind of sea-gull. Ray. 
SE'AMAN, s. [pse-man,. Sax.] A sailor; a navigator-; 
, a mariner. 
Seamen, through dismal storms, are wont 
To pass the oyster-breeding Hellespont. Evelyn. 
iEiieas order’d 
A stately tomb, whose top a trumpet bore, 
' A soldier’s fauchion, and a seaman's oar; 
Thus was his friend interr’d. Dry den. 
Merman ; the male of the mermaid.—-Seals live at land 
and at sea, and porpuses have the warm blood and intrails of 
a hog, not to mention mermaids or seamen. Locke. 
SE'A-MANSHIP, s. Naval skill; good management of 
a ship. 
