Find the word definition

Crossword clues for kell

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kell

Kell \Kell\, n. A kiln. [Obs.]

Kell

Kell \Kell\, n. [A modification of kale.] A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale, 2.
--Ainsworth.

Kell

Kell \Kell\, n. [Cf. Caul.]

  1. The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film. [Obs.]

    I'll have him cut to the kell.
    --Beau. & Fl.

  2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. -- B. Jonson.

Wiktionary
kell

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) The caul. 2 (context obsolete figurative English) That which covers or envelops, like a caul; a net; a fold; a film. 3 (context obsolete English) The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. Etymology 2

n. A kiln. Etymology 3

n. A sort of pottage; kale.

Gazetteer
Kell, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 231
Housing Units (2000): 89
Land area (2000): 1.009902 sq. miles (2.615633 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.009902 sq. miles (2.615633 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39324
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 38.490869 N, 88.906241 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62853
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Kell, IL
Kell
Wikipedia
Kell

The name Kell has a number of meanings:

Kell (volcano)

Kell is a small extinct Holocene stratovolcano. It is located just north of the Zheltovsky volcano, within the Prizrak caldera on the southeast coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.

Because of its remote and inaccessible location, most information about the volcano comes from aerial surveys. The volcano was discovered during an aerial survey in 1946.

The Prizrak caldera has a diameter of about 4 km. It is located on top of the site of an ancient stratovolcano whose base has a diameter of about 10 km. The slopes of the caldera feature a network of erosional valleys. Within the Prizrak caldera complex are at least three partially nested calderas, each about 3 to 5 km in diameter. Kell is the largest of several small stratovolcanoes, composed mainly of lava, in the innermost portion of the caldera. The caldera also contains lava domes.

The innermost caldera is thought to date from the Late Pleistocene. The activity of the volcano appears to have ceased in post-glacial time; there is no evidence of recent volcanism or hydrothermal activity.

Kell (surname)

Kell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ayla Kell (born 1990), American actress. She is best known for the role of Payson Keeler on Make It or Break It
  • Chip Kell (born 1949), former center in the Canadian Football League and for the University of Tennessee Volunteers college football team. Kell was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006
  • Douglas Kell (born 1953), FLSW (born 7 April 1953) is a British biochemist at the University of Manchester and currently Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
  • Frank Kell (1859-1941), industrialist and entrepreneur from Wichita Falls, Texas
  • Elizabeth Kell (born 1983), Australian rower
  • George Kell (1922–2009), third baseman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983
  • John McIntosh Kell (1823–1900), Commander of CSS Richmond and Executive Officer of CSS Alabama
  • Joseph Kell, a pseudonym used by Anthony Burgess for his novels Inside Mr. Enderby and One Hand Clapping
  • Paul Kell (1915–1977), player in the National Football League
  • Raymond D. Kell, a television researcher at RCA
  • Reginald Kell (1906–1981), British clarinetist
  • Richard Kell (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer
  • Richard Kell (poet) (born 1927), Irish poet
  • Rob Kell (1902–1983), CBE (1902 - 1983) was an English civil engineer with particular expertise in the field of heating, ventilation and air conditioning
  • Skeeter Kell (born 1929), former Major League Baseball second baseman. He played one season, 1952, for the Philadelphia Athletics, splitting time at second base with Cass Michaels and Pete Suder
  • Troy Kell (born 1968), inmate on death row in Utah
  • Vernon Kell (1873–1942), founder and first director general of the British Security Service, otherwise known as MI5

Fictional characters:

  • Jarmen Kell, a mercenary for the Global Liberation Army in the video game Command and Conquer: Generals and Command and Conquer: Generals Zero Hour
  • Morgan and Patrick Kell, founders of the mercenary unit Kell Hounds in the BattleTech universe
  • Phelan Kell, son of Morgan Kell and Salome Ward, junior Khan of Clan Wolf, and later senior Khan of Clan Wolf in Exile in the BattleTech universe

Usage examples of "kell".

Taking its place beside the Ardagh Chalice and the Book of Kells, a small box was discovered buried on a hillside in County Clare.

The second preliminary was in its last round when Kells and Beery squeezed past a very fat man in the aisle seat, sat down.

Kells nodded to several acquaintances, and Beery leaned forward, talked to a friend of his in the row.

Kells sat in one of the big armchairs near the central table and Beery sat on the edge of the table.

Kell had left the fabulists after his students had joined with the forces of chaos.

He kills everybody he takes a noshun to in kold blud, and then goze to sleep in his tent.

At two minutes before detonation, safely away on the shuttle Narra, Kell would communicate with the base, recommending an evacuation.

He had last seen that symbol as Kell had flown away from Soom, leaving the mages after revealing all he had done.

Kell, Pedro Navarro, and Duncan Yare are authorized to board for immediate passage to Earth.

Brian Boru was wrapped in a crimson mantle and draped with his banner of three lions, modeled after the stylized Celtic lions in the Book of Kells.

Kell and Benitez took positions on the left-hand wall of the cave, while Fuller, Parrish, and Perella took positions on the right.

Loguisse nodded, then warned Shareem that they had better deal with Kell soon, since he was making considerable progress among the Stayers, turning them against Aleytys, and his converts were trying to pressure the Tetrad to revoke her acceptance.

The space behind the desk was paneled in a good approximation of golden English oak, and all the informational signs were done in uncial script, with illuminated initial letters after the Book of Kells.

And from the ratio of disrupter to phaser blasts that he heard, Kell could see the station was losing.

Kell picked up his towel again and shooed bluewings away from his armor.