seel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

WordNet

Seel transitive verb
Etymology
F.siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Seeled ; present participle & verbal noun Seeling
Definitions
  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 climbs 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.
    Gold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel. Chapman.
Seel intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. LG. sielen to lead off water, F. siller to run ahead, to make headway, E. sile, v.t.
Definitions
  1. To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. Obs. Sir W. Raleigh.
Seel, Seel"ing noun (Also<
  • Seel
  • Seeling
)
Definitions
  1. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a sterm. Obs. Sandys.
Seel noun
Etymology
AS. sl, from sl good, prosperous. See Silly.
Definitions
  1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. Obs. "So have I seel". Chaucer.
  2. Time; season; as, hay seel. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913