Seel /(sēl)/

imp. & p. p. Seeled; p. pr. & vb. n. Seeling

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.

2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.

   Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day.

   Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel.

1. To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.]

1. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.]

1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I seel”. [Obs.]
2. Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]