seel

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SEEL, v. t. To close the eyes; a term of falconry, from the practice of the closing the eyes of a wild hawk. SEEL, v. i. [See Sell.] To lean ; to incline to one side. Obs. SEEL, noun. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. Obs.
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