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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dell \Dell\, noun [AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del, low ground. See {Dale}.]
1. A small, retired valley; a ravine.
In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. --Tickell.
2. A young woman; a wench. [Obs.]
Sweet doxies and dells. --B. Jonson. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dell
noun: a small wooded hollow [syn: {dingle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "dell": abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon, breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink, cleft, cleuch, clough, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dike, dingle, ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume, fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove, grove, gulch, gulf, gully, hole, incision, intervale, joint, kloof, leak, lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening, pass, passage, ravine, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit, slot, split, strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, void, wadi
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dell, AR (town, FIPS 18160) Location: 35.85518 N, 90.03344 W Population (1990): 258 (128 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72426 Dell, MT Zip code(s): 59724
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Dell, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 251 Housing Units (2000): 121 Land area (2000): 0.888456 sq. miles (2.301091 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.888456 sq. miles (2.301091 sq. km) FIPS code: 18160 Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05 Location: 35.856818 N, 90.040113 W ZIP Codes (1990): 72426 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Dell, AR Dell
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