dell

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Edward at once did so, and Gaston and Raymond followed him, their agile, cat-like movements being as circumspect as those of the leader himself What they saw as they peeped down into the heart of the dell was a welcome spectacle indeed.

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  1. noun A small secluded wooded valley.

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  1. Middle English del, from Old English dell.

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  1. from Middle English delle = Middle Dutch delle, Dutch del, a dale, vale, = G. dial, telle, a hollow; a deriv. (as diminutive) of Middle English dal, dale, English dale: see dale. For the relation of forms, cf. tell, tale.
  2. Origin obscure.
 

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