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watch-seal

watch-seal noun: a small seal or decorative trinket attached to a watchchain.

Noun

watch-seal (plural watch-seals)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A small seal or decorative trinket attached to a watchchain.
    • He does not 'engrave Truth on his watch-seal; 'no, but he stands by truth, speaks by it, works and lives by it.1840, Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History, page 214
    Synonyms:
    onion

Synonyms of watch-seal

Forms of watch-seal

pluralwatch-seals
alternative formwatch seal

Questions about watch-seal

What does watch-seal mean?
Watch-seal means a small seal or decorative trinket attached to a watchchain.
What part of speech is watch-seal?
Watch-seal is a noun.
What is the plural of watch-seal?
The plural of watch-seal is watch-seals.

Words near watch-seal in the dictionary

  1. watch-dogs
  2. watch-jobber
  3. watch-jobbers
  4. watch-night
  5. watch-nights
  6. watch-seal
  7. watch-seals
  8. watch-timing machine
  9. watch-timing machines
  10. watch-tower
  11. watch-towers

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