sigillate

sigillate
sigillation, n.
/sij"euh layt', -lit/, adj.
1. (of a ceramic object) having stamped decorations.
2. Bot. having markings that resemble the impressions of a seal.
[1425-75; late ME < L sigillatus. See SIGIL, -ATE1]

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