About The Word Seel
Learn about the word Seel to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Seel definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Seel
| Seel Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Seel?
[v] sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
Synonyms | Synonyms for Seel: Related Terms | Find terms related to Seel: See Also | blind Seel In Webster's Dictionary \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.] |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Pushkin ‐ Russian poet…
- Impetuous ‐ characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation;…
- Platitudinal ‐ dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality;…
- Suborder ceratosaura ‐ primitive saurischian…
- Beef up ‐ make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your…
- Graverobber ‐ someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical…
- Model ‐ the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale)…
- Lexical meaning ‐ the meaning of a word that depends on the nonlinguistic concepts…
- Trim down ‐ cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake";…
- Implanted ‐ (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly…