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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A small secluded wooded valley.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A small valley between hills; a little dale; a glen; a ravine.
  2. n. A young girl; a wench.

Wiktionary

  1. n. valley
  2. n. obsolete A young woman; a wench.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A small, retired valley; a ravine.
  2. n. obsolete A young woman; a wench.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a small wooded hollow

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English delle, from Old English *dell (“small dale”), from Proto-Germanic *daljō (“a hollow, abyss”), diminutive of Proto-Germanic *dalan (“valley, dale”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰol-, *dʰel- (“an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity”). Cognate with Dutch del ("a dell"), German dialectal Telle ("a hollow"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English del, from Old English dell. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • rolig There is a lovely little park in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, in front of the art museum, which has been known for decades simply as the Dell. It's a favorite of sun-bathers and dog-walkers, as well as being the site of various festivals. This word conjures very pleasant memories for me. Dec 7, 2007

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