Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kell \Kell\, n.
   A kiln. [Obs.]

Kell \Kell\, n. [A modification of kale.]
   A sort of pottage; kale. See {Kale}, 2. --Ainsworth.

Kell \Kell\, n. [Cf. {Caul}.]
   1. The caul; that which covers or envelops as a caul; a net;
      a fold; a film. [Obs.]

            I'll have him cut to the kell.        --Beau. & Fl.

   2. The cocoon or chrysalis of an insect. -- B. Jonson.