资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 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\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n.
   The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.]
   --Sandys.