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Gell vs Ell - What's the difference?

gell | ell |

As a noun gell

is .

As a pronoun ell is

(third-person masculine pronoun).

gell

English

Noun

(en noun)
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  • * 1906 , , Chapter 4: "The engine-burglar":
    • "You're a naughty little gell , that's what you are," said the fireman, and the engine-driver said:--
    "Daring little piece, I call her," but they made her sit down on an iron seat in the cab and told her to stop crying and tell them what she meant by it.
  • (a leech)
    • ----

    ell

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) eln “unit of measure of 45 inches,” originally “length of the forearm,” from Proto-Indo-European .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A measure for cloth. An English ell' equals 1.25 yards, whereas a Scottish ' ell measures only 1.0335 yards (http://www.onlineunitconversion.com). A Flemish ell measured three quarters, (27 inches).

    • Etymology 2

    From the name of the letter L

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
  • Something that is L-shaped.