seel

American  

[seel] / sil /

verb (used with object)

1. Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.

2. Archaic.

   1. to close (the eyes).

   2. to blind.

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seel British  

/ siːl /

verb

1. to sew up the eyelids of (a hawk or falcon) so as to render it quiet and tame

2. obsolete to close up the eyes of, esp by blinding

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Etymology

Origin of seel

1490–1500; < Middle French siller, ciller, derivative of cil eyelash < Latin cilium eyelid, eyelash; see cilia

Example Sentences

Miguel Angel Tinoco Will you seel your soul to the devil for a 15% pay rate increase?

From Time • May 5, 2013

But I’m right beside you, seel Jutta, close your eyes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

"We shall seel My brothers are both dead. I am my lord father's only living son."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

What was wrong with them, couldn’t they seel Inside the tent the shapes were dancing, circling the brazier and the bloody bath, dark against the sandsilk, and some did not look human.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

And the lettre of his grete seel, writen abouten, is this, Deus in Celo, Chan super Terram, ejus fortitudo.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard