Kĕll1, n.
n. A kiln. [Obs.] See KILN.
Yea, as deep as a well, A furnace, or kell, A bottomless cell. Cleveland.
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Kell
Kĕll2, n.
n. [A modification of kale, q. v.] A sort of pottage; kale. Halliwell.
Kĕll3, n.
n. 1. The caul. [Obs.]
I’ll have him cut to the kells. Beau. & Fl.
Sense 2. That which covers or envelops, as the caul does the intestines. (a.) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. “Bury himself in every silk-worm’s kell.” B. Jonson. (b.) A net, as for the hair. Nares. (c.) A film over the eyes.
His wakeful eyes . . .
Now covered o’er with dim, cloudy kells. Drayton.