kell

noun — 4 senses

kell

noun

/kɛl/

Etymology Compare caul.

1

Obsolete The caul (membrane)

2

Figuratively, Obsolete That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.

I'll have him cut to the kell.c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene iv:

3

Obsolete The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.

Bury himself in every silkworm's kell1616, Ben Jonson, The Devil Is an Ass:

kell

noun

1

Obsolete A kiln.

Kell-drying1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC:

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