What's the difference between seel and skeel?

Seel


Definition:

  • (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.

Skeel


Definition:

  • (n.) A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

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