v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Celled ] To place or inclose in a cell. “Celled under ground.” [ R. ] Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall. ] 1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heroic confessor in his cell. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. “Cells or dependent priories.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any small cavity, or hollow place. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch.) (a) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. (b) Same as Cella. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ All cells have their origin in the primary cell from which the organism was developed. In the lowest animal and vegetable forms, one single cell constitutes the complete individual, such being called unicelluter orgamisms. A typical cell is composed of a semifluid mass of protoplasm, more or less granular, generally containing in its center a nucleus which in turn frequently contains one or more nucleoli, the whole being surrounded by a thin membrane, the cell wall. In some cells, as in those of blood, in the amœba, and in embryonic cells (both vegetable and animal), there is no restricting cell wall, while in some of the unicelluliar organisms the nucleus is wholly wanting. See Illust. of Bipolar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Air cell. See Air cell. --
Cell development (called also cell genesis, cell formation, and cytogenesis), the multiplication, of cells by a process of reproduction under the following common forms; segmentation or fission, gemmation or budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous multiplication. See Segmentation, Gemmation, etc. --
Cell theory. (Biol.) See Cellular theory, under Cellular. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Arch.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell. ] A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Chare for storage in a cellar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. cellararius, equiv. to L. cellarius steward: cf. F. cellérier. See Cellar. ] (Eccl.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim of cellar. ] A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cellarer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing a cell or cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cella cell + porus, Gr. &unr_;, passage. ] (Zool.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]