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a. [ Dim. fr. strigose. ] (Bot.) Set with stiff, slender bristles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sigillum. See Seal a stamp. ] A seal; a signature. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of talismans and sigils knew the power. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fem sing. fr. L. sigillum a seal. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., from sigillum a seal. See Sigil. ] (Rom. Antic.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sigillatus adorned with little images. ] Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sigillum a seal: cf. OF. sigillatif. ] Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL., fem sing. fr. L. sigillum a seal. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., from sigillum a seal. See Sigil. ] (Rom. Antic.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sigillatus adorned with little images. ] Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sigillum a seal: cf. OF. sigillatif. ] Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]