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seel
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sil
/
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seel
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verb (used with object)
1.
Falconry
.
to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
2.
Archaic
.
a.
to close (the eyes).
b.
to blind.
Origin:
1490–1500;
<
Middle French
siller,
ciller,
derivative of
cil
eyelash <
Latin
cilium
eyelid, eyelash;
see
cilia
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seel
(siːl)
—
vb
1.
to sew up the eyelids of (a hawk or falcon) so as to render it quiet and tame
2.
obsolete
to close up the eyes of, esp by blinding
[C15
silen,
from Old French
ciller,
from Medieval Latin
ciliāre,
from Latin
cilium
an eyelid]
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