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seel

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seel  \Seel\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Seeled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Seeling}.]  [F.  siller,  ciller,  fr  cil  an  eyelash,  L. 
  cilium.] 
  1.  (Falconry)  To  close  the  eyes  of  (a  hawk  or  other  bird)  by 
  drawing  through  the  lids  threads  which  were  fastened  over 
  the  head.  --Bacon. 
 
  Fools  climb  to  fall:  fond  hopes,  like  seeled  doves 
  for  want  of  better  light,  mount  till  they  end  their 
  flight  with  falling.  --J.  Reading. 
 
  2.  Hence  to  shut  or  close  as  the  eyes;  to  blind. 
 
  Come  seeling  night,  Scarf  up  the  tender  eye  of 
  pitiful  day  --Shak. 
 
  Cold  death,  with  a  violent  fate,  his  sable  eyes  did 
  seel.  --Chapman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seel  \Seel\,  v.  i.  [Cf.  LG  sielen  to  lead  off  water,  F.  siller 
  to  run  ahead,  to  make  headway,  E.  sile,  v.t.] 
  To  incline  to  one  side  to  lean;  to  roll,  as  a  ship  at  sea. 
  [Obs.]  --Sir  W.  Raleigh. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seel  \Seel\,  Seeling  \Seel"ing\,  n. 
  The  rolling  or  agitation  of  a  ship  in  a  storm.  [Obs.] 
  --Sandys. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Seel  \Seel\,  n.  [AS.  s?l,  from  s?l  good,  prosperous.  See 
  {Silly}.] 
  1.  Good  fortune;  favorable  opportunity;  prosperity.  [Obs.] 
  ``So  have  I  seel''.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  Time;  season;  as  hay  seel.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  seel 
  v  :  sew  up  the  eyelids  of  hawks  and  falcons




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