| seel | 1. <veterinary> To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. "Fools climbs to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling." (J. Reading) 2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind. "Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day." (Shak) "Gold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel." (Chapman) See:led; Seeling] [F.siller, ciller, fr. Cil an eyelash, L. Cilium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Seeligmuller's sign | <clinical sign> Contraction of the pupil on the affected side in facial neuralgia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Seeligmuller, Otto | <person> German neurologist, 1837-1912. See: Seeligmuller's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |