UNSEEL

Etymology

Verb

unseel (third-person singular simple present unseels, present participle unseeling, simple past and past participle unseeled)

(obsolete) To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled.

(obsolete, by extension) To give light to; to enlighten.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*seel", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + seel.]

Definition: To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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