'Seel' definitions:
Definition of 'seel'
From: WordNet
verb
Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
Definition of 'Seel'
From: GCIDE
- Seel \Seel\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.] --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seel'
From: GCIDE
- Seel \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. [1913 Webster] Seel
Definition of 'Seel'
From: GCIDE
- Seel \Seel\ (s[=e]l), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling. --J. Reading. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind. [1913 Webster]
- Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]