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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