Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep
secure or secret.

To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement,
plaster, or the like.

That which confirms, ratifies, or makes stable; that which
authenticates; that which secures; assurance.

To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer,
wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.

To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to
confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.

That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on
a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it.

An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an
impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a
document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and
Otariidae.

Wax, wafer, or other tenacious substance, set to an
instrument, and impressed or stamped with a seal; as, to give a deed
under hand and seal.

To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard
exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and
measures; to seal silverware.