seel
seel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.
- 3.The rolling or agitation of a ship in a sterm. [Obs.] Sandys.
- 4.Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel". Chaucer.
- 5.Time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is 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 called?
- What is to incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh called?
- What is the rolling or agitation of a ship in a sterm. [Obs.] Sandys called?
- What is good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel". Chaucer called?
- What is time; season; as, hay seel. [Prov. Eng.] called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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