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tr.v., seeled, seel·ing, seels.
To stitch closed the eyes of (a falcon).

[Middle English silen, from Old French cillier, from Medieval Latin ciliāre, from Latin cilium, lower eyelid.]


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Old English for canopy.

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IN BRIEF: v. - Sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons.

Tutor's tip: "Ceil" is to put in a lining or a ceiling, "ciel" is a blue color, "seal" means either a symbol of authenticity or to close or finalize, while "seel" means to close a falcon's eyes.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: sew up the eyelids of hawks and falcons

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Seeling is falconry training technique to temporarily blind a bird by sewing its eyes shut. See Medieval hunting.

Seel is the name of:

  • Adolf Seel (1829 – 1907), a German painter
  • Cache Seel, the deck boss and only survivor of the F/V Big Valley, which sank on January 15, 2005
  • Karen Seel, a commissioner in District 5, Pinellas County, FL.
  • Jörg Seel (born 1969), a German motorcycle racer
  • Horst Seel, a German motorcycle racer, father of Jörg Seel
  • Pierre Seel (1923 - 2005), the only French person to have testified openly about his experience of deportation during World War II due to his homosexuality
  • Wolfgang Seel (born 1948), a German footballer.

Seel may also refer to:

  • Seel (Pokémon)
  • Seel Park, the home ground of the English football club Mossley A.F.C.
  • Seel Racetec, a German tuning and race equipment developer company, by Horst and Jörg Seel
  • The Keet Seel, a cliff dwelling in the Navajo National Monument
    • 10039 Keet Seel (1984 LK) is a Main-belt Asteroid named after the cliff dwelling

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