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Seeling
(gcide) | Seel \Seel\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n.
The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.]
--Sandys.
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Seeling
(gcide) | Seel \Seel\ (s[=e]l), 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.
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Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves
for want of better light, mount till they end their
flight with falling. --J. Reading.
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2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
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Come, seeling night,
Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day. --Shak.
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Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did
seel. --Chapman.
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