Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To stitch closed the eyes of (a falcon).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A roll or pitch, as of a ship in a storm.
- To close, or close the eyes of, with a thread.
- Hence To close, as a person's eyes; blind; hoodwink.
- Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.
- To lean; incline to One side; heel; roll, as a ship in a storm.
- A Middle English form of
seal . - noun Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
- noun Opportunity; time; season: as, the seel of the day: used frequently as the second element in a compound: as, hay-seel (hay-time), barley-seel. etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] “So have I
seel ”. - noun Prov. Eng. Time; season.
- noun obsolete The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
- intransitive verb obsolete To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
- transitive verb (Falconry) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.
- transitive verb Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
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- noun UK, dialectal
Good fortune ;happiness ;bliss . - noun UK, dialectal
Opportunity ;time ;season . - verb To
sew together theeyes of a younghawk . A term fromfalconry - verb To
blind - adjective obsolete
Good ;fortunate ;opportune ;happy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
Etymologies
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Examples
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Howland was a brave man; he had already showed both strength and prowess when, washed overboard in a "seel" of the ship, and carried fathoms deep in mid-ocean, he caught the topsail-halyards swept over with him and clung to them until he was rescued in spite of the raging wind and waves that repeatedly dragged him under; nor in the face of savage foe, or savage beast, or peril by land or sea, was John Howland ever known less than the foremost; but now in face of this angry woman he found naught to say, and blushing and stammering and half laughing fairly turned and ran away, springing up the stairs to the elevated deck cabins, in one of which Elder Brewster and his family had their lodging.
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They are always looking for ideas like this to seel at the market.
A bite of Seoul street food: Tornado Potato | Baking Bites 2009
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Interesting how we seel to eradicate the carp but not the Mexicans.
Declaration of War on Asian Carp Invasion to Protect Lake Michigan and Great Lakes 2009
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Thrall mart here don't seel nuthin 'bigger than a BB gun that shoots, unless it is a paintball marker.
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I can also fully recommend gladstone, always had excellent service and they also seel all the other supplies, kit and gadgets (no pun intended) you need.
Kit Freak « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Thrall mart here don't seel nuthin 'bigger than a BB gun that shoots, unless it is a paintball marker.
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Hmm, seel the strengths and address the weaknesses.
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See, Stuart is like all the rest of the blood thirsty criminals in D.C., … ya seel hundreds of thousands more brown people will be killed because he's arrognt enough, he's evil enough and doggonnit Satan likes him!
Franken Tells Pickens To Blow it Elsewhere « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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In addition, just how is it that Yellow Tail and Charles Shaw (Two Buck Chuck) can source, produce and seel wine for little?
Farmers dump [yellow tail] in protest | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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When done, seel the pepper in a small plastic bag for 10 minutes.
EconomyBites: Recession Recipe: Allie's Easy Summertime Pasta (VIDEO) 2010
RussB commented on the word seel
Maine Supreme Court, in an appeal of a Town's eviction action, commented that "The Town did not then seel: to take possession and remove Leighton from the Porperty." see Town of Blue Hill v Leighton, 2011 ME 103
November 5, 2011