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seel

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Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

seelv. t. [F. siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.].
  •  To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
    "Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.  [1913 Webster]
    "Come, seeling night,
    Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel."  [1913 Webster]
seelv. 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.  Sir W. Raleigh.  [1913 Webster]
seeln. 
     The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.  Sandys.  [1913 Webster]
seeln. [AS. s\'d6l, from s\'d6l good, prosperous. See Silly.].
  •  Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Time; season; as, hay seel.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

seel, v.tr. archaic close (a person's eyes).

Etymology
obs. sile f. F ciller, siller, or med.L ciliare f. L cilium eyelid

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