Definitions for sealer

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sealer seal·er

Spelling: [see-ler]

IPA: /ˈsi lər/

Sealer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 120 anagrams from letters in sealer (aeelrs).

Definitions for sealer

noun

1. an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
2. a substance applied to a porous surface as a basecoat for paint, varnish, etc.
3. a person or ship engaged in hunting seals.

Origin of sealer

First recorded in 1350-1400, sealer is from the Middle English word seler. See seal¹, -er¹

Examples for sealer

Appointed by the Gen. Court, sealer of weights and measures.

I endeavored to pacify the sealer, by an appeal to his philosophy.

Put that question to a sealer or fisherman, and he will answer, "It sinks."

The fisherman and sealer have only the elements to fight; though this too often means a fight for life.

If you hadn't set fire to that sealer the other day, I might not have found you.

Has been on a cod-fisher up to the Banks; also on a sealer off Labrador.

The Russians had brought her 325 there from the islands, and she must have been a sealer.

Why, on a sealer, they do all their trying-out the oil with a fire of seal-refuse.

As they passed they gave a last glance at the sealer's tomb.

"It must take a lot of nerve and courage to be a sealer," said Jack.