seel
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
Archaic.
to close (the eyes).
to blind.
Origin of seel
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How to use seel in a sentence
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
/ (siːl) /
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
Origin of seel
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