seel

(sēl)

transitive verb

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

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transitive verb seeled, seel·ing, seels

To stitch closed the eyes of (a falcon).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English silen

Origin: , from Old French cillier

Origin: , from Medieval Latin ciliāre

Origin: , from Latin cilium, lower eyelid; see kel-¹ in Indo-European roots

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