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Webster 1913 Edition
Dell
1.
A small, retired valley; a ravine.
In
dells
and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.
2.
A young woman; a wench.
[Obs.]
Sweet doxies and
dells
. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dell
DELL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Dell
dell
dell
English
Noun
dell (plural dells)
- valley, especially in the form of a natural hollow, small and deep.[1]
- 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
- To this day they dwell
- In a lonely dell.
- Tickell
- In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
- 1794, William Blake, The Little Girl Found, lines 49-50
- (obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
- Ben Jonson
- Sweet doxies and dells.
- Ben Jonson
Synonyms
Translations
valley — see valley
References
- ↑ Brown, Lesley (1993) The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles, Oxford [Eng.]: Clarendon, ISBN 0-19-861271-0
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *daislā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-slo (compare Latin fīlum, Lithuanian gýsla, Serbo-Croatian žȉla).
Noun
dell m (indefinite plural dej)