Dell vs Kell - What's the difference?
dell | kell |
valley
* 1794, , lines 49-50
* Tickell
(obsolete) A young woman; a wench.
* Ben Jonson
(obsolete) The caul.
(obsolete, figurative) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
As a proper noun dell
is .As a noun kell is
(obsolete) the caul or kell can be a kiln or kell can be a sort of pottage; kale.dell
English
Noun
(en noun)- To this day they dwell
- In a lonely dell .
- In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
- Sweet doxies and dells .
Synonyms
* dale * dingle * vale * valley * See alsokell
English
Etymology 1
Compare caul.Noun
(en noun)- I'll have him cut to the kell .
- (Ben Jonson)