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Kell

//kɛl// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A female given name, clipping of Kelly.
Noun
  1. 1
    The caul. obsolete
  2. 2
    A kiln.

    "Kell-drying"

  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of kale (“broth”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
  4. 4
    That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film. figuratively, obsolete

    "I'll have him cut to the kell."

  5. 5
    The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. obsolete

    "Bury himself in every silkworm's kell"

Etymology

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