Verb
sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

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v. t.
To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.

v. t.
Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.

v. i.
To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.

n.
Alt. of Seeling

n.
Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel".

n.
Time; season; as, hay seel.

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Seel

Seel , 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 climbs to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling.

2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.

Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day.

Gold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel.

Seel

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

Seel, n. [AS. sl, from sl good, prosperous. See Silly.] 1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel". Chaucer. 2. Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]

To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.

To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.

Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel".