(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.
Seely
Definition:
(a.) See Silly.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 2 patients Kent's bundle was removed by epicardial electrodestruction and in 5 patients by Seely's operation.
(2) These data suggest that the "funnel" description of antenna structure and energy transfer (Seely, G. R. 1973.
(3) 237, 3094-3099) and Bz-Gly-Lys versus the length of the side chain of the basic amino acid indicate that unlike trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4) (Seely, J. H. & Benoiton, N. L. (1970) Can.
(4) Treatment with 1,3-diaminopropane, which is known to cause an increase in the rate of degradation of ornithine decarboxylase in vivo [Seely & Pegg (1983) Biochem.