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signet
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Signet
(gcide) | Signet \Sig"net\, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim.
of signe. See Sign, n., and cf. Sennet.]
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the
sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by
bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
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I had my father's signet in my purse. --Shak.
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Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal.
Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who
prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the
office of the secretary of state.
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signet
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n 1: a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially) |
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signet
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signet ring
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privy signet
(gcide) | Signet \Sig"net\, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim.
of signe. See Sign, n., and cf. Sennet.]
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the
sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by
bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
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I had my father's signet in my purse. --Shak.
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Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal.
Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who
prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the
office of the secretary of state.
[1913 Webster]Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See
Private.]
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1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. "
Privee knights and squires." --Chaucer.
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2. Secret; clandestine. " A privee thief." --Chaucer.
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3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
public. " Privy chambers." --Ezek. xxi. 14.
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4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
cognizant; privately knowing.
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His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2.
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Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
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Privy chamber, a private apartment in a royal residence.
[Eng.]
Privy council (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
Privy councilor, a member of the privy council.
Privy purse, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
Privy seal or Privy signet, the seal which the king uses
in grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or
which he uses in matters of subordinate consequence which
do not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
privy seal. [Eng.]
Privy verdict, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
court; -- now disused. --Burrill.
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Privy signet
(gcide) | Signet \Sig"net\, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim.
of signe. See Sign, n., and cf. Sennet.]
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the
sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by
bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
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I had my father's signet in my purse. --Shak.
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Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal.
Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who
prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the
office of the secretary of state.
[1913 Webster]Privy \Priv"y\, a. [F. priv['e], fr. L. privatus. See
Private.]
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1. Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to
private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse. "
Privee knights and squires." --Chaucer.
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2. Secret; clandestine. " A privee thief." --Chaucer.
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3. Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the
public. " Privy chambers." --Ezek. xxi. 14.
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4. Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly
cognizant; privately knowing.
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His wife also being privy to it. --Acts v. 2.
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Myself am one made privy to the plot. --Shak.
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Privy chamber, a private apartment in a royal residence.
[Eng.]
Privy council (Eng. Law), the principal council of the
sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other
persons chosen by the king or queen. --Burrill.
Privy councilor, a member of the privy council.
Privy purse, moneys set apart for the personal use of the
monarch; also, the title of the person having charge of
these moneys. [Eng.] --Macaulay.
Privy seal or Privy signet, the seal which the king uses
in grants, etc., which are to pass the great seal, or
which he uses in matters of subordinate consequence which
do not require the great seal; also, elliptically, the
principal secretary of state, or person intrusted with the
privy seal. [Eng.]
Privy verdict, a verdict given privily to the judge out of
court; -- now disused. --Burrill.
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Signet ring
(gcide) | Signet \Sig"net\, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim.
of signe. See Sign, n., and cf. Sennet.]
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the
sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by
bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
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I had my father's signet in my purse. --Shak.
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Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal.
Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who
prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the
office of the secretary of state.
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Signeted
(gcide) | Signeted \Sig"net*ed\, a.
Stamped or marked with a signet.
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Writer to the signet
(gcide) | Signet \Sig"net\, n. [OF. signet a signet, F., a bookmark, dim.
of signe. See Sign, n., and cf. Sennet.]
A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the
sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by
bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet.
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I had my father's signet in my purse. --Shak.
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Signet ring, a ring containing a signet or private seal.
Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a judicial officer who
prepares warrants, writs, etc.; originally, a clerk in the
office of the secretary of state.
[1913 Webster]Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[imac]tere.]
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1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
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They [came] that handle the pen of the writer.
--Judg. v. 14.
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My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv.
1.
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2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a
profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
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This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth
defile. --Shak.
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3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East
India Company, who, after serving a certain number of
years, became a factor.
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Writer of the tallies (Eng. Law), an officer of the
exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of
the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from
the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer
has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.)
Writer's cramp, Writer's palsy or Writer's spasm
(Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of
the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing,
violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also
scrivener's palsy.
Writer to the signet. See under Signet.
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signet
(wn) | signet
n 1: a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially) |
signet ring
(wn) | signet ring
n 1: a ring bearing a signet [syn: signet ring, seal ring] |
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