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SEELS
Verb
seels
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of seel
Anagrams
• Slees, leses, lesse, seles
Source: Wiktionary
SEEL
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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