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To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.

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  1. v. t. To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.
  2. v. t. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
  3. v. i. To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
  4. n. Alt. of Seeling
  5. n. Time; season; as, hay seel.
  6. v. sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons
  7. To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing throughthe lids threads which were fastened over the head. Bacon.Fools climbs to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want ofbetter light, mount till they end their flight with falling. J.Reading.
  8. v. sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons