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To jelly. [Colloq.]

Brought to the state or consistence of jelly.

To make, or to become, gelatinous; to jelly. -- Jel`li*fi*ca"tion (#), n.

The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly. Jelly bag, a bag through which the material for jelly is strained. -- Jelly mold, a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes. -- Jelly plant (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma specios…

Any one of the acalephs, esp. one of the larger species, having a jellylike appearance. See Medusa.

See Jewelry. Burke.

A jumelle opera glass, or the like.

A chapel; hence, the choir or orchestra of a prince's chapel; now, a musical establishment, usually orchestral. Grove.

See Capellmeister.

ich covers or envelops as a caul; a net; a fold; a film. [Obs.] I'll have him cut to the kell. Beau. & Fl.

Having a kernel.

Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels. Holland.

The stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything. The dead man's knell Is there scarce asked for who. Shak. The curfew tolls the knell of parting day. Gray.

A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.

A litany beginning with the words. "Kyrie eleison." Shipley.

The lower or apparently anterior petal of an orchidaceous flower, often of a very curious shape.

See Lake dwellers, under Lake.

rom the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of which certain shells are composed.

Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellæ. -- Lam"el*lar*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellæ; lamellar.