sell2 (sel)

[ The tyrant proud frown'd from his lofty sell . Fairfax , tr. of Ta o's Godfrey of Boulogne, iv. 7. Where many a yeoman bold and free Revell'd as merrily and well As those that sat in lordly selle . 2. A saddle. IMG:content-0563.png:[blocks in formation] The salte also touche nat in his salere Withe nokyns mete, but lay it honestly On youre Trenchoure, for that is curtesy. seller4t, n. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 7. An obsolete spelling of cellar1, 1. Then straight into the seller hee'l them bring; 'Tis sweetest drinking at the verry spring. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 60. sell i form (sel'i-fôrm), a. [L. sella , a saddle, + form a , form.] In bot ., zoöl ., and an at ., sad dle-shaped. sell ok (sel'ok), n. A variant of sillock . sellyt, a. and n. [ME., also sell i , sellich , sillich , sullich , sellic , sellic , sillic , syllic , orig. * seld- lic , wonderful, strange, rare, excellent, = OS. seldlik , wonderful, rare, = Goth. sildaleiks , won- derful; as seld + -ly1. See seld .] I. a. Won- Scott, L. of L. M., vi. 8. derful; admirable; rare. Layamon. Hir selle it was of reele bone. II. n. A wonder; marvel. sellyt, adv. [ME., also selliche, Thomas of Er eldoune (Child's Ballads, I. 99). lice, wonderfully, IMG:content-0564.png:[blocks in formation] selly, a.] Wonderfully. Sikurly I telle the here Thou shal hit bye ful selly dere. Cursor Mundi. ( Hall i well.) Selninger sandpiper. See sandpiper . selort, n. Same as celure . selthet, n. [ME., gesælth , happine , ge- + sæl , happy: see seell .] Ble edne . should read, "Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps its sell."] seltzogene (selt'sō-jēn), n. [F. selzogène; as [Obsolete or archaic in both uses.]