[ si:l ]
■ verb archaic close (a person's eyes).
Origin
C15 (orig. a term in falconry meaning 'stitch shut the eyelids of a hawk'): from Fr. ciller , or med. L. ciliare , from L. cilium 'eyelid'.
[ si:l ]
■ verb archaic close (a person's eyes).
Origin
C15 (orig. a term in falconry meaning 'stitch shut the eyelids of a hawk'): from Fr. ciller , or med. L. ciliare , from L. cilium 'eyelid'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004