Seel
Seel (sēl) , transitive verb
[French siller, ciller, from cil an eyelash, Latin cilium.]
1.
(Falconry) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. — Bacon
Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling.
2.
Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
Come, seeling night,
Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day.
Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel.
Seel , intransitive verb
[Compare LG. sielen to lead off water, French siller to run ahead, to make headway, English sile, transitive verb]
To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obsolete] — Sir W. Raleigh
Seel , noun
The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obsolete] — Sandys
Also: Seeling
Seel , noun
[Anglo-Saxon sal, from sal good, prosperous. See Silly.]
1.
Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”. — Chaucer
2.
Time; season; as, hay seel. [Provincial English]