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sealing [′sēl·iŋ] (metallurgy) Impregnation of porous castings with resins to overcome porosity. Reducing porosity of an anodic oxide film on aluminum and aluminum alloys by immersion in boiling water. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The sealing fleet was wintering in San Francisco Bay, and in the saloons I met skippers, mates, hunters, boat-steerers, and boat-pullers. Afterwards it used to turn up in all sorts of places--at the bottom of small drawers, among my studs in cardboard boxes--till at last it found permanent rest in a large wooden bowl containing some loose keys, bits of sealing wax, bits of string, small broken chains, a few buttons, and similar minute wreckage that washes out of a man's life into such receptacles. What is seven pounds of butter at 1/3, and a stick of sealing wax and four matches? |
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