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seeled

seeled is the simple past and past participle of seel.

Meaning of seel

Verb (1)

seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)

  1. To sew together the eyelids of a young hawk.
    • Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind[…]
      Mounts, like seel'd doves, still higher[…]1651, William Davenant, Gondibert
  2. (broadly) To blind.

Verb (2)

seel (third-person singular simple present seels, present participle seeling, simple past and past participle seeled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To roll on the waves in a storm.
    • when a Ship seels or rowls in foul Weatherc. 1611, Walter Raleigh, Observations on the Navy and Sea Service

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Questions about seeled

What is seeled the simple past and past participle of?
Seeled is the simple past and past participle of seel.

Words near seeled in the dictionary

  1. seeksorrow
  2. seeksorrows
  3. seel
  4. Seeland
  5. Seelands
  6. seeled
  7. Seeley
  8. Seeley's pigs
  9. Seeleys
  10. Seelie
  11. seelier

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