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

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

"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

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

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

And for thæt we willen thæt this beo stedefæst and lestinde, we senden yew this writ open, iseined with ure seel, to halden a-manges yew me hord.

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)