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Sigillaria
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; - so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
(2):
(n. pl.) Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sigillaria'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sigillaria.html. 1828.