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seel
[seel]
verb (used with object)
Falconry.to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
Archaic.
to close (the eyes).
to blind.
seel
/ ː /
verb
to sew up the eyelids of (a hawk or falcon) so as to render it quiet and tame
obsoleteto close up the eyes of, esp by blinding
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of seel1
Example Sentences
Late on Sunday a large Turkish bank, Garanti, said it would not allow customers to open new foreign exchange positions, making it harder for people to seel lira for US dollars, pounds and euros.
But fownd the eyes of my other Foxes lolling up at the seeling.
And it was I who gentled thee, I was the one who drew the thread That seeled thy eyelids.
"We shall seel My brothers are both dead. I am my lord father's only living son."
was wrong with them, couldn’t they seel Inside the tent the shapes were dancing, circling the brazier and the bloody bath, dark against the sandsilk, and some did not look human.
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