From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Seal \Seal\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sealing}.] [OE. selen; cf. OF. seeler, seieler, F. sceller, LL. sigillare. See {Seal} a stamp.]
1. To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
And with my hand I seal my true heart's love. --Shak.
2. 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.
3. To fasten with a seal; to attach together with a wafer, wax, or other substance causing adhesion; as, to seal a letter.
4. Hence, to shut close; to keep close; to make fast; to keep secure or secret.
Seal up your lips, and give no words but ''mum''. --Shak.
5. To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement, plaster, or the like. --Gwilt.
6. To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water. See 2d {Seal}, 5.
7. Among the Mormons, to confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife. [Utah, U.S.]
If a man once married desires a second helpmate . . . she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church. --H. Stansbury.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the act of treating something to make it repel water [syn: {waterproofing}]
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