seel /ˈsi(ə)l/
(vt.)用線縫起來,使盲目,欺人眼目
Seel v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeled p. pr. & vb. n. Seeling.]
1. Falconry To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.
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. To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.]
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Seel Seel·ing, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.]
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Seel, n.
1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”.
2. Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]
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seel
v : sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons