Ken"nel (?), n. [See Channel, Canal.]
The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle.
Bp. Hall.
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Ken"nel, n. [OE.kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. Canine.]
1.
A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds.
A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel.
Sir P. Sidney.
2.
A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs.
Shak.
3.
The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
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Ken"nel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kenneled (?) or Kennelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kennelling.]
To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
The dog kenneled in a hollow tree.
L'Estrange.
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Ken"nel, v. t.
To put or keep in a kennel.
Thomson.
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