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What's The Definition Of Seel?

\Seel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seeled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seeling}.] [F. siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. 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. --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.
\Seel\, v. i. [Cf. LG. sielen to lead off water, F. siller to run ahead, to make headway, E. sile, v.t.] To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.
\Seel\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.] --Sandys.
\Seel\, n. [AS. s?l, from s?l good, prosperous. See {Silly}.] 1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] ``So have I seel''. --Chaucer. 2. Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]