dells

[ delz ]

/ dɛlz /

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plural noun

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Origin of dells

By construal as a plural of dell

Words nearby dells

dell, della, della Robbia, Deller, Dello Joio, dells, Del Mar, Delmarva Peninsula, Delmonico, delo, delocalize

How to use dells in a sentence

The spell is wrought: imagination swells My sleeping-room to hills, and woods, and dells!
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
The Covenanters met to worship God in the moorlands and dells, setting a watch for the dragoons of Claverhouse.
The Covenants And The Covenanters|Various
A real forest it is—six hundred acres in extent, and varied by steep declivities, wild dells, and tangled dingles.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
No lightsome laughter echoed through those leafy dells, grating upon the ear which almost listened for the loved voice.
Ruth Hall|Fanny Fern

Sometimes I 'fell,' as I drank deep then of the magic well-water, and went astray in the green dells and avenues of the wildwood.
The Secret Glory|Arthur Machen

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