ˈsigillated, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Impressed with a seal; esp. sigillated earth, Lemnian earth, sphragide (after med.L. terra sigillata).
Cf. Lithgow Trav. (1632) iii. 97, ‘The latter [name] is in force, because the earth being made up in little pellets, is sealed with a Turkish signet.’
| 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 396* The best of medicinal earths..is that the shop-men call Lemnian Earth, and sometimes Sigillated Earth. 1697 Evelyn Numismata i. 11 Baked and sigillated Earth..used for money. 1852 Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. II. xxiv. 502 It is known that great use is still made in the East of the bolar and sigillated earths of Lemnos, which are clay mingled with oxide of iron. |
2. = sigillate ppl. a. 2. (Cent. Dict.)