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A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado. [Middle U. S.]

See Damsel. [Archaic]

To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] Speed.

The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.]

A small, retired valley; a ravine. In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.

A shortened form of Academia della Crusca, an academy in Florescence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conversing the purity of the Italian language.

Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence. The Dellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785.

A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid.

An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.

Modillions. Spectator.

To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.

To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate. An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart.

Drawing asunder. [R.]

To pull in pieces. [Obs. or R.]

An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.

A handsome fish of Florida and the West Indies (Platyglossus radiatus). The name is applied also to the ladyfish (Harpe rufa) of the same region.

Having two barrels; -- applied to a gun.

One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.

A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.

To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. Shak. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Wordsworth.