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Seel (sēl), 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.
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Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling. J. Reading.
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2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
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Come, seeling night,
Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day. Shak.
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Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel. Chapman.
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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.
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Seel (?), Seeling, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.] Sandys.
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Seel, n. [AS. sǣl, from sǣl good, prosperous. See Silly.]
1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”. Chaucer.
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2. Time; season; as, “hay seel”. [Prov. Eng.]
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