dell

dell
{{11}}dell (1) O.E. dell "dell, hollow, dale" (perhaps lost and then borrowed in M.E. from cognate M.Du./M.L.G. delle), from P.Gmc. *daljo (Cf. Ger. Delle "dent, depression," Goth. ib-dalja "slope of a mountain"); related to DALE (Cf. dale) (q.v.).
{{12}}dell (2) rogue's cant 16c.-17c. for "a young girl of the vagrant class," of uncertain origin.
A Dell is a yonge wenche, able for generation, and not yet knowen or broken by the vpright man. ... [W]hen they have beene lyen with all by the vpright man then they be Doxes, and no Dells. [Thomas Harman, "A Caveat or Warning for Common Cursitors," 1567]

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