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- noun A thick,
resilient coating applied to theunderbody orchassis of anautomobile to protect against damage from small stones, etc, which would rapidlychip ordinary paint and allowingrusting to begin. - verb transitive To coat (the underbody or chassis of a vehicle) with underseal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion
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Examples
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My favorite photograph was this one although this one also is nice, but the evidence is incomplete because 10 photographs including their female companions are still, I believe, underseal.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Court Orders Recusal in Caperton v. Massey Coal: 2009
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The juges decision which Christy will digest for us tomorrow is in response to some really bullshit carping about Fitz filing thing ex parte the judge can read it but the defense cannot and filing things underseal.
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The juges decision which Christy will digest for us tomorrow is in response to some really bullshit carping about Fitz filing thing ex parte the judge can read it but the defense cannot and filing things underseal.
Firedoglake » Judge Rules in Libby Case and Other Matters 2006
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Some, like mahogany and leather, were expected, but others like oil, petrol, underseal, and felt were more surprising.
Brand Sense Martin Lindstrom 2005
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Some, like mahogany and leather, were expected, but others like oil, petrol, underseal, and felt were more surprising.
Brand Sense Martin Lindstrom 2005
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The new process is also claimed to improve the working environment for engineers; by removing paint, adhesive and underseal, any further preparation work such as welding is done on clean metal, avoiding the release of noxious fumes and lowering the fire risk.
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Surface Processing has developed a chemical immersion process that removes paint, grease, oil, underseal, adhesives and sound-deadening material.
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The new process is also claimed to improve the working environment for engineers; by removing paint, adhesive and underseal, any further preparation work such as welding is done on clean metal, avoiding the release of noxious fumes and lowering the fire risk.
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I'm actually having £500 worth of work done to the bodywork to take care of some rust around the wheel arches and door bottoms and renew the underseal etc.
timesofmalta.com 2009
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Surface Processing has developed a chemical immersion process that removes paint, grease, oil, underseal, adhesives and sound-deadening material.
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