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  • noun Plural form of ell.

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Examples

  • What I meant is: I hope we don't loss anyone ells from the crew of the movie The Dark Knight and that is it …. but some people just like to make scandals … and I remember even in the day that Heath Ledger died … some said that it is from the Joker character that still controle him and don't leave him relax and such an idiotic thoughts …

    Morgan Freeman Involved in Car Crash - Serious But Stable « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • The "ells" that are the basic unit for these measuring sticks are in some cases still marked out on a medieval church wall or the town hall, since the exact length of the ell could differ from region to region.

    Archive 2009-04-01 a stitch in time 2009

  • The "ells" that are the basic unit for these measuring sticks are in some cases still marked out on a medieval church wall or the town hall, since the exact length of the ell could differ from region to region.

    Measuring Tape revisited a stitch in time 2009

  • Yet John remembered that his team and wagon were going all winter, hauling stone for the foundation of the Hendricks home on the hill -- a great brick structure, with square towers and square "ells" rambling off on the prairie, and square turrets with ornate cornice pikes pricking the sky.

    A Certain Rich Man William Allen White 1906

  • I can shut my eyes and hear him read his report now: "Infant-class, M.s. Sarah M. Boggs, one dolla thutty-eight cents; M.ss Dan'ells's class, fawty-six cents; M.ss

    Back Home Eugene Wood 1891

  • They not only found that large numbers of CD8+ T cells infiltrated obese epididymal adipose tissue in mice fed a high-fat diet (while there was a depletion of CD4+ T ells), but also that this infiltration preceded the accumulation of macrophages in fat tissue.

    Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Will Immunotherapy Provide a New Treatment for Obesity? 2009

  • My blue-coloured robe had a train to it of four ells in length, which was supported by three princesses.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • My blue-coloured robe had a train to it of four ells in length, which was supported by three princesses.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • The new year "will be a better year, but we are still going to stay lean," said Rick Small , owner of Woodward Canyon Winery, in Lowden, Wash., which s ells most of its wine for about $50 a bottle.

    Snooty? Not Today's Wine Drinkers David Kesmodel 2011

  • Semper Fi quote ells just don't understand!!!!!! and probably never will end quote quote if he can't say what you asked he's not sorry endquote

    WILLIAM JOSEPH TRUMPOWER 2010

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