† sinet Obs.
Also 6 synat, synet, senett.
[a. OF. sinet, var. of signet signet n.]
A signet.
| c 1440 Gesta Rom. xlviii. 213 (Harl. MS.), He openid hit, & sawe þerein letters selid withe the sinet of þe Emperoure. 1502 Croscombe Churchw. Acc. (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 25 A ryng of sylver and gylt and a synat of sylver. 1530 Palsgr. 187 Signet, a synet. 1554 Machyn Diary (Camden) 51 Ther was a man..hangyd, dran, and quartered, for conterffeyting the quen senett. |