Seeling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seel \Seel\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n.
     The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.]
     --Sandys.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Seel \Seel\ (s[=e]l), 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.
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              Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves
              for want of better light, mount till they end their
              flight with falling.                  --J. Reading.
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     2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
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              Come, seeling night,
              Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day. --Shak.
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              Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did
              seel.                                 --Chapman.
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