| Pronunciation: | | del
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| | Definition: | | [n] a small wooded hollow |
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| | Synonyms: | | dingle |
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| | See Also: | | holler, hollow |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dell\, n. [AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del,
low ground. See {Dale}.]
1. A small, retired valley; a ravine.
In dells and dales, concealed from human sight.
--Tickell.
2. A young woman; a wench. [Obs.]
Sweet doxies and dells. --B. Jonson.
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| | Related Terms: | | abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dike, dingle, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove, grove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, incision, intervale, joint, kloof, leak, lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, void, wadi |
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