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n. [ A modification of kale. ] A sort of pottage; kale. See Kale, 2. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Caul. ] 1. The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll have him cut to the kell. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kiln. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the Amer. Indian name. ] (Zool.) A large American pike (Esox masquinongy formerly Esox nobilior) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish. [ Written also maskallonge, maskalonge, maskinonge, muskallonge, muskellonge, and muskelunjeh. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., also ratskeller, prop., town-hall cellar. ] Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Dan. schelm, fr. G. schelm. ] A scoundrel. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Pepys. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Dan. skele, Sw. skela. ] To squint. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A squint. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]