Sig'net, n.

n. [O. Fr. signet, diminutive of signe. See SIGN, n.] A seal; especially, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters, and grants that pass by bill under the sign-manual;—called also privy signet. [Eng.]

I have my father's signet in my purse. Shak.

Writer to the signet (Scots Law), a clerk in the office of the Secretary of State, by whom writs were prepared. [Obs.] Craig.