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. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
Seel, n. [AS. sǣl, from
sǣl good, prosperous. See Silly.]
1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity;
prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel". Chaucer.
2. Time; season; as, hay seel.
[Prov. Eng.]
Seel (sēl), 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.
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 (?), Seel"ing, } n.
The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.]
Sandys.