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signet (iou)



signet noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French, dim. of signe, or medieval Latin signetum, dim. of signum seal: see SIGN noun, -ET1.]
A. noun.
A small seal, usu. set in a finger-ring, used with or instead of a signature to authenticate a (formal or official) document etc. LME.
b. spec. The small royal seal used orig. by English and Scottish sovereigns for private and some official purposes, and later in Scotland as the seal of the Court of Session. Now Hist. LME.
Writer to the Signet: see WRITER.
The stamp or impression of a seal, esp. a signet. LME.
b. fig. An identifying or authenticating mark, sign, stamp, etc. M17.
A signal. Cf. SENNET noun1. rare. L16-L17.
b. verb trans. Scot. Stamp with a signet. L15.