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Webster 1913 Edition


Kell

Kell

,
Noun.
A kiln.
[Obs.]

Kell

,
Noun.
[A modification of
kale
.]
A sort of pottage; kale. See
Kale
, 2.
Ainsworth.

Kell

,
Noun.
[Cf.
Caul
.]
1.
The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
[Obs.]
I’ll have him cut to the
kell
.
Beau. & Fl.
2.
The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
B. Jonson.

Webster 1828 Edition


Kell

KELL

,
Noun.
A sort of pottage. [Not used in America.]

KELL

,
Noun.
The caul or omentum. [See Caul, the usual orthography of the word.]
1.
The chrysalis of the caterpillar.