seel

v. (செய்.) கண்ணை மூடு, பருந்து போன்ற பறவையின் கண்ணைத் தைத்து மூடு, ஏமாற்று.v. (செய்.) கண்ணை மூடு, பருந்து போன்ற பறவையின் கண்ணைத் தைத்து மூடு, ஏமாற்று.

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Seel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeling.] Etym: [F.siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.] 1. (Falconry) Defn: 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. 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. Gold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel. Chapman. Seel, v. i. Etym: [Cf. LG. sielen to lead off water, F. siller to run ahead, to make headway, E. sile, v.t.] Defn: To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh. Seel, Seel"ing, n. Defn: The rolling or agitation of a ship in a sterm. [Obs.] Sandys. Seel, n. Etym: [AS. s, from s good, prosperous. See Silly.] 1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel". Chaucer. 2. Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]

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