seel

Noun, Verb (transitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

seel(v = verb.perception) Array - sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons; Array

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

seel, v. t. [F. siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.].

To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
"Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling." [1913 Webster]
Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind. [1913 Webster]
"Come, seeling night,
Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day." [1913 Webster]

"Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel." [1913 Webster]

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. Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

seel, n.

The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. Sandys. [1913 Webster]

seel, n. [AS. s\'d6l, from s\'d6l good, prosperous. See Silly.].

Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Time; season; as, hay seel. [1913 Webster]

seel, v.tr. archaic close (a person's eyes).

Etymology

obs. sile f. F ciller, siller, or med.L ciliare f. L cilium eyelid