Dictionary entry
Snail's pace
Pronunciation
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Myanmar Meaning
အလွန်နှေးကွေးသော လှုပ်ရှားမှု။
Definition
signet-ring /'sÇgnǝt rÇŋ/ n (ခ်ိပ္တံဆိပ္ႏိွပ္ရန္)ကိုယ္ပိုင္သေကၤတ၊ အမည္ အတိုေကာက္ စသည္ထြင္းထားသည့္ တံဆိပ္ပါ လက္စြပ္။
Examples
- ‘Returning the signet ring to the king
- Lord Basir walked over to the door.’
- ‘These included a bronze brooch with panels of blue enamel with white dots in each corner
- and a gemstone from a signet ring bearing the image of a stork with a small animal in its beak
- thought to be a good-luck charm.’
- ‘He took the large signet ring off of his finger and placed it on Veltrop's right hand signifying that he now was the rightful heir of the realm.’
- ‘The most complete
- and presumably earliest
- is the gold signet ring from the Tiryns Treasure.’
- ‘His fingers were laden with diamond rings
- and a gold signet ring was on his left forefinger
- bearing the King's seal.’
- ‘According to site director Gwilym Hughes
- the signet ring suggests the owners of the farm had retained their high status locally after the end of the Roman period
- entitling them to use a formal signature on documents.’
- ‘Dressed dramatically in blacks and greys
- a finger wagging a black signet ring that bears his family crest
- MacLachlan occasionally allows a shiny black lock to flop across his pale forehead.’
- ‘The signet ring that Bruetar had given her hung on a chain around her neck
- as it was too large for her to wear on her finger.’
- ‘Finally
- she sheathed the sword and then took the necklace with her signet ring from around her neck and tossed it to him.’
- ‘He later discovered two travelling clocks and a signet ring
- family heirlooms worth £700 and £200 in cash were missing.’
- ‘A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den
- and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles
- so that Daniel's situation might not be changed.’
- ‘Here his tone took a more sardonic twist
- as he fiddled casually with the large signet ring on his middle finger
- which bore a large ‘W’ on it.’
- ‘When his father was on his death bed
- he handed Levi his signet ring.’
- ‘On to his little finger he slips a diamond signet ring made for the emperor by the court jewellers
- Nitot.’
- ‘He found a few valuable objets d' art at Bignor
- such as a gold signet ring and a head of Fortuna
- but these he recorded accurately
- and valued more for their context than as treasure.’
- ‘A signet ring functioned as a royal signature
- a guarantee of the full payment of everything the king had promised.’
- ‘The scholar then had a signet ring made in 1509 with a head of Terminus and the motto ‘Cedo Nulli ‘- I cede to no one.’’
- ‘He folded the piece of parchment in his hands and
- after dropping a couple hot drops of melted wax over the last fold
- he took of his family signet ring and pressed it firmly over the ball of wax as it dried
- sealing the letter closed.’
- ‘The King gave Haman his signet ring (so that Haman could give orders in the King's name) and told him to get on with it.’
- ‘The third finger of his right hand bore his signet ring
- which duGhent removed and slipped into his pouch.’