SEEL
\sˈiːl], \sˈiːl], \s_ˈiː_l]\
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Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
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To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
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Alt. of Seeling
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Time; season; as, hay seel.
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Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] So have I seel.
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Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
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To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
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Alt. of Seeling
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Time; season; as, hay seel.
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Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] So have I seel.
By Noah Webster.
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To close the eyes of with a thread: a term of falconry, it being a common practice to run a thread through the eyelids of a hawk, so as to keep them together, when first taken, to aid in making it tractable. "A seeled dove that mounts and mounts."-Bacon. Hence, to close, as a person's eyes: to blind: to hoodwink.
By Daniel Lyons
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