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語源 1

Compare caul.

名詞

kell (plural kells)

1. (obsolete) The caul (membrane)
2. (obsolete, figurative) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film.
   • 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:

     I'll have him cut to the kell.

3. (obsolete) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect.
   • 1616, Ben Jonson, The Devil Is an Ass:

     Bury himself in every silkworm's kell

語源 2

名詞

kell (plural kells)

1. (obsolete) A kiln.
   • 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC:

     Kell-drying

語源 3

名詞

kell (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of kale (“broth”).