What is to take the life of; to kill. [Obs.] Spenser. The ducks cried as [if] men would them quelle. Chaucer called?
quell — To take the life of; to kill. [Obs.] Spenser. The ducks cried as [if] men would them quelle. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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