SEEL

seel

(verb) sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

seel (comparative more seel, superlative most seel)

(obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.

Etymology 2

Noun

seel (plural seels)

(UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss.

(UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season.

Etymology 3

Verb

seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)

(falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk.

(by extension) To blind.

Etymology 4

Verb

seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)

(intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm.

Noun

seel (plural seels)

(obsolete) The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.

Anagrams

• EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, else, l'ees, lees, lese, sele

Source: Wiktionary

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Seel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeling.] Etym: [F.siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.]

1. (Falconry)

Definition: 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, v. i. Etym: [Cf. LG. sielen to lead off water, F. siller to run ahead, to make headway, E. sile, v.t.]

Definition: To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Seel, Seel"ing, n.

Definition: The rolling or agitation of a ship in a sterm. [Obs.] Sandys.

Seel, n. Etym: [AS. s, from s good, prosperous. See Silly.]

1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel". Chaucer.

2. Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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