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seeling

seeling is the present participle and gerund 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 seeling

What is seeling the present participle and gerund of?
Seeling is the present participle and gerund of seel.

Words near seeling in the dictionary

  1. seelier
  2. seeliest
  3. Seelig
  4. seeligerite
  5. Seeligs
  6. seeling
  7. seelite
  8. seelonce
  9. seels
  10. seely
  11. Seelye

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