Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SEALER, n.

1. One who seals; an officer in chancery, who seals writs and instruments.
2. In New England, an officer appointed by the town or other proper authority, to examine and try weights and measures, and set a stamp on such as are according to the standards established by the state; also, an officer who inspects leather, and stamps such as is good. Those are called sealers of weights and measures, and scalers of leather.