Definitions for: Seel

[v] sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

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

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.]

See Also: blind

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