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seel definition

seel (sēl)

transitive verb

  1. Falconry to sew together the eyelids of (a young hawk)
  2. Obsolete
    1. to close (the eyes)
    2. to blind

Etymology: LME silen < OFr ciller < cil < L cilium, lower eyelid

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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