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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Hand and Seal When writing was limited to a few clerks, documents were authenticated by the impression of the hand dipped in ink, and then the seal was duly appended. As dipping the hand in ink was dirty, the impression of the thumb was substituted. We are informed that "scores of old English and French deeds still exist in which such `signatures' appear." Subsequently the name was written, and this writing was called "the hand." "Hubert: Here is your hand and seal for what I Did. King John: Oh, when the last account `twixt Heaven and earth Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal Witness against us to damnation." Shakespeare: King John, vi. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Compact | Adjective: agreed; Verb: conventional; under hand and seal. |
Evidence | Bear witness; Noun: give evidence; Noun: testify, depose, witness, vouch for; sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest; acknowledge; (assent). |
Adverb: by inference; according to, witness, a fortiori; still more, still less; raison de plus; in corroboration; n. of; valeat quantum; under seal, under one's hand and seal. | |
Indication | Signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal; paraph, brand; superscription; indorsement, endorsement. |
Promise | Adjective: promising; Verb: promissory; votive; under hand and seal, upon oath. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: HAND AND SEAL |
| English words defined with "HAND AND SEAL": Under the hand of. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "HAND AND SEAL": AUTOCLAVE OPERATOR ♦ BASE FILLER ♦ caulker ♦ dry-wall finisher ♦ End, End-, ENGRAVER, SEALS ♦ FILLING-MACHINE OPERATOR, finisher, wallboard and plasterboard ♦ GAS-MAIN FITTER, GLASS-BLOWING-LATHE OPERATOR ♦ Hand and Seal ♦ INSTALLER, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, MECHANICAL ♦ LACQUER-PIN-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ pipe fitter, marine ♦ ROLLER MAKER ♦ sheetrock taper, SQUEEZE WAX, STEEL-PLATE CAULKER ♦ taper and bedder, taper and floater, TRAILER ASSEMBLER II, trailer assembler, paneling, trailer-sections assembler ♦ wafer-cell-battery assembler, WAFER-LINE WORKER, water infusion gun. (references) |
Expressions using "HAND AND SEAL": under hand and seal ♦ under his hand and seal ♦ under one's hand and seal. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "HAND AND SEAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | semnat de propria sa mânã şi prevãzut cu sigiliul sãu (under his hand and seal). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-d-e-h-l-n-n-s" | |
-2 letters: headlands. | |
-3 letters: headland, sandaled. | |
-4 letters: anneals, daledhs, dandles, handled, handles, handsel. | |
-5 letters: addles, alands, annals, anneal, daedal, daledh, dandle, dashed, dedans, desand, elands, handed, handle, hansel, hennas, ladens, landed, lashed, naleds, sadden, saddle, sandal, sanded, sendal, shaded, shaled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 41 4E 44 41 4E 44 53 45 41 4C |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01010011 01000101 01000001 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H A N D   A N D   S E A L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0041 004E 0044 0041 004E 0044 0053 0045 0041 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)423548382354838253393546 |
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