Originally posted by brennser:
seeling
Thanks for the info!
And, just to be an arse.......
seel P Pronunciation Key (sl)
tr.v. seeled, seel·ing, seels
To stitch closed the eyes of (a falcon)
seeling
Seel \Seel\, 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
seeling
Seel \Seel\, Seeling \Seel"ing\, n. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [Obs.] --Sandys.