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Entry 6 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Seel

/(sēl)/ · IPA /siːl/
01 v. t. To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.
imp. & p. p. Seeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeling
  1. 1.
    To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.(Falconry)
    “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. 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.
02 v. i. To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
  1. 1.
    To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.[Obs.]
03 n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
  1. 1.
    The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.[Obs.]
04 n. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”.
  1. 1.
    Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Time; season; as, hay seel.[Prov. Eng.]