seel
[ seel ]
/ sil /
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verb (used with object)
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
Archaic.
- to close (the eyes).
- to blind.
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Origin of seel
1490–1500; <Middle French siller,ciller, derivative of cil eyelash <Latin cilium eyelid, eyelash; see cilia
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Example sentences from the Web for seel
And for t we willen t is beo stedefst and lestinde; we senden ȝew is writ open iseined wi vre seel.
"Seel" was a term in falconry, meaning "to sew up" (the eyes of the hawk).
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I|Edmund SpenserDen dey seel de jar by puttin' a cloth over de top then a layer o' paste then another cloth then another layer ob paste.
There were a number of ruined cliff-dwellings, the most accessible of which was Keet Seel.
Tales of lonely trails|Zane Grey
British Dictionary definitions for seel
seel
/ (siːl) /
verb (tr)
to sew up the eyelids of (a hawk or falcon) so as to render it quiet and tame
obsolete to close up the eyes of, esp by blinding
Word Origin for seel
C15 silen, from Old French ciller, from Medieval Latin ciliāre, from Latin cilium an eyelid
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