Seel

Definition of Seel

Pronunciation: sēl

v. t.	1.	(Falconry) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. [imp. & p. p. Seeled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeling.] Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling. - J. Reading.
	2.	Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day. - Shak. Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel. - Chapman.
v. i.	1.	To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
n.	1.	The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
	1.	Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel".
	2.	Time; season; as, hay seel.

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