tatched to a document
or applied to the face thereof, originally serving as a means of authentication; also used to close a document. [Archives] 
n., A die or signet, having a raised or incised emblem used to stamp an impression upon a receptive substance such as wax or
lead. [Archives] 
n., A die/matrix, usually of metal, engraved in intaglio with the device or design used to produce by the application of pressure a
seal. Dies may be of one/sided design only or in pairs producing dissimilar designs simulta