sea lawyer (seʻlayer)

1. A querulous or captious sailor, disposed to criticize orders rather than to obey them; one who is always arguing about his work, and making trouble. -2. The gray or mangrove snapper. See snap per.-3. A shark. [Nautical slang in all senses.] seal-bag (sel'bag), n. The bag in which the Lord High Chancellor of England formerly kept the great seal and other state seals. seal-bird (sēl'bėrd), n. The slender-billed shearwater, Puffin us tenuirostris , of the North Pacific. seal-brown (sēl'broun), a. and n. I. a. Having the color of prepared seal-fur. II. n. The rich dark brown of the dre ed and dyed fur of the fur-seal. seal-club (sel'klub), n. A club used for killing seals. sealed (seld), p. a. 1. Certified or authenticated by seal.-2. Closed by sealing, or by clasping or fastening securely as with a seal; hence, inacce ible; unknown.-3. In textiles, same as nail - headed, 2. - Sealed book, a book the contents of which are unknown or cannot be known; hence, anything unknown or undiscoverable. The Disciplina Clerical is long remained a sealed book, known only to antiquaries. Ticknor , Span. Lit., I. 64. Sealed Books of Common Prayer, certain copies of the English Book of Common Prayer, certified under the seal of England as the standard text, and by act of Parliament in 1662 ordered to be placed in all cathedral and collegiate churches. Sealed proposals. See proposal . sea-leech (sē'lēch), n. A marine suctorial annelid of the genus Pontobdella . Also called skate-sucker.