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seel
(sēl),USA pronunciation v.t.
- Sport[Falconry.]to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- [Archaic.]
- to close (the eyes).
- to blind.
- Latin cilium eyelid, eyelash; see cilia
- Middle French siller, ciller, derivative of cil eyelash
- 1490–1500
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