(v. t.) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head.
(v. t.) Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.
(v. i.) To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
(n.) Alt. of Seeling
(n.) Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [Obs.] "So have I seel".
(n.) Time; season; as, hay seel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Freud observes rightly the ambivalence of seelings between father and son, mother and daughter and regards this as the essential factor for the character-formation of the developing child.