Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CELL, n. [L. cella; Ir. ceall; Sp. celda; Port. and It. cella; D. kelder, a cellar; G. keller; Sw. kellare; Dan. kelder; W. cell. It has the elements of the L. celo, to conceal, and of the English hold.]

1. A small or close apartment, as in a prison, or a bath.
2. A cottage; a cave; a small or mean place of residence. – Prior.
3. A small cavity or hollow place, variously applied; as, the cells of the brain; the cells of a honey-comb, &c.
4. In botany, a hollow place in a pericarp, particularly in a capsule, in which seeds are lodged. According to the number of these cells, pericarps are called unilocular, bilocular, trilocular, &c. – Martyn.
5. In anatomy, a little bag, or bladder, containing fluid or other matter; as, the adipose cells, containing fat. – Encyc.
6. A religious house. – Chaucer.