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SEALING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of treating something to make it repel water
Synonyms:
sealing; waterproofing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sealing" is a kind of...):
protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)
Derivation:
seal (cover with varnish)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb seal
Context examples:
"What put it into your head? Did anyone tell you about Beth's giving away her things?" asked Laurie soberly, as Amy laid a bit of red tape, with sealing wax, a taper, and a standish before him.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It was during this period, between the death of Johansen and the arrival on the sealing grounds, that I passed my pleasantest hours on the Ghost.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Death Larsen is in command of the only sealing steamer in the fleet, the Macedonia, which carries fourteen boats, whereas the rest of the schooners carry only six.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He is greatly disgusted with the outlook, and I am given to understand that Wolf Larsen bears a very unsavoury reputation among the sealing captains.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The slop-chest is a sort of miniature dry-goods store which is carried by all sealing schooners and which is stocked with articles peculiar to the needs of the sailors.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Yet I cannot but believe for I have never yet caught him in a lie, while he has a cyclopædic knowledge of sealing and the men of the sealing fleets.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
My first mate’s berth on the sealing grounds stood me in good stead, and I cleared the inner cove and laid a long tack along the shore of the outer cove.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Sealing schooner after sealing schooner we sighted and boarded, most of which were in search of lost boats, and most of which were carrying boats and crews they had picked up and which did not belong to them.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Whatever a sailor purchases is taken from his subsequent earnings on the sealing grounds; for, as it is with the hunters so it is with the boat-pullers and steerers—in the place of wages they receive a lay, a rate of so much per skin for every skin captured in their particular boat.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
