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seeling |
2 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\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.] --Sandys.
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