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Eeled vs Seeled - What's the difference?

eeled | seeled |

As verbs the difference between eeled and seeled

is that eeled is (eel) while seeled is (seel).

eeled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (eel)

    • eel

    English

    (wikipedia eel) (Anguilliformes)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any freshwater or marine fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
  • The European eel, .

    • Derived terms

    * African eel * cutthroat eel * conger eel * duckbill eel * eelboat * eelbuck * eeler * eelfare * eelfish * eelgrass * eelish * eellike * eelpot * eelpout, eel-pout * eelskin * eelspear * eely * electric eel * European eel * glass eel * Japanese eel * moray eel * mud eel * sand eel * sawtooth eel * slippery as an eel * snake eel * snipe eel * spaghetti eel * thin eel * worm eel

    See also

    * elver

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for eels.
  • To move with a sinuous motion like that of an eel.

    • Anagrams

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    seeled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (seel)

    • seel

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Good; fortunate; opportune; happy.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialectal) Good fortune; happiness; bliss.
  • (UK, dialectal) Opportunity; time; season.
    • the seel of the day
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (falconry) To sew together the eyes of a young hawk.
  • * J. Reading
    • Fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling.
  • (by extension) To blind.

    • Etymology 4

    Compare (etyl) , and (etyl) (m) (transitive verb).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm.
  • * Samuel Pepys
    • (Sir Walter Raleigh)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm.
    • (Sandys)

    Anagrams

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