subs. (clerical).—1. See quot.
1853. W. J. CONYBEARE, Church Parties, in The Edinburgh Review, Oct., 295, note. A preacher is said in this phraseology to be ‘owned’ when he makes many converts, and his converts are called his ‘SEALS.’
2. (American).—See quot.
1850–1. H. STANSBURY, An Expedition to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, 136. The woman is then ‘SEALED’ to him under the solemn sanction of the church, and stands, in all respects, in the same relation to the man, as the wife that was first married.
3. (venery).—In pl. = the testes: see CODS.
Verb. (venery).—To impregnate; TO SEW UP (q.v.).
