SELL

Self. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.

A sill. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A cell; a house. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A saddle for a horse. [Obs.] He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser.

A throne or lofty seat. [Obs.] Fairfax.

To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.

To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak.

To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [Slang] Dickens. To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. -- To sell (anything) out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business.

To practice selling commodities. I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak.

To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. To sell out, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.

An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [Colloq.]