n. A cell; a house. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sill. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Self. [ Obs. or Scot. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit. ]
He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. [ 1913 Webster ]
You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To sell one's life dearly,
To sell (anything)
out
v. i.
I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To sell out,
n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who sells. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]