Seel (sēl), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Seeled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Seeling.] [F. siller, ciller, fr. cil an eyelash, L. cilium.] 1. (Falconry) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. Bacon.
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. 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.