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

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

See seel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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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