HELL
\hˈɛl], \hˈɛl], \h_ˈɛ_l]\
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The name formerly given to a place under the exchequer chamber, where theking's debtors were confined. Rich. Diet
By Henry Campbell Black
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hel, n. the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death: the place of the dead indefinitely: the abode of evil spirits: the powers of hell: any place of vice or misery: a gambling-house.--adjs. HELL'-BLACK (Shak.), black as hell; HELL'-BORN, born in hell: of hellish origin; HELL'-BRED.--ns. HELL'-BROTH (Shak.), a composition boiled up for malignant purposes; HELL'-CAT, a malignant hag; HELL'-FIRE, the fire of hell: punishment in hell; HELL'-GATE, the entrance into hell.--adj. HELL'-HAT'ED (Shak.), hated or abhorred as hell.--n. HELL'HOUND, a hound of hell: an agent of hell.--adj. HELL'ISH, pertaining to or like hell: very wicked.--adv. HELL'ISHLY.--ns. HELL'ISHNESS; HELL'-KITE (Shak.), a kite of infernal breed.--adv. HELL'WARD, towards hell. [A.S. hel; Ice. hel, Ger. hölle.]
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hel, v.t. (Spens.) to hide.
By Thomas Davidson
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Abode of the dead; abode of condemned spirits; place, state, of wickedness or misery; a h. of a (considerable) noise; den for captives in Prisoner\'s Base& other games; gaming-house; (in imprecations) h.!, what the h. do you want?; h.-cat, spiteful or furious woman; h.-hound, fiend; h.-weed, name of various plants. Hence hellish a., hellishly adv., hellishness n., hellward adv. & a. [old English]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, German, Icelandic] The place of the dead; the lower regions, or the grave;—the place or state of punishment for the wicked after death;—the fear of death; death pangs;—the infernal powers; Satan and his angels;—a dungeon or prison;—in certain games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention;—a gambling-house;—a place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type.
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The place of the devil and wicked fouls; the place of separate fouls, whether good or bad; the place at a running play, to which those who are caught are carried; the place into which a taylor throws his shreds; the infernal powers.
By Thomas Sheridan
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