1. past of FALL v.2. v. & n.
--v.tr.
1. cut down (esp. a tree).
2 strike or knock down (a person or animal).
3 stitch down (the edge of a seam) to lie flat.
--n. an amount of timber cut.
Derivatives:
feller n.
Etymology: OE fellan f. Gmc, rel. to FALL 3. n. N.Engl.
1. a hill.
2 a stretch of hills or moorland.
Etymology: ME f. ON fjall, fell hill 4. adj. poet. or rhet.
1. fierce, ruthless.
2 terrible, destructive.
Phrases and idioms:
at (or in) one fell swoop in a single (orig. deadly) action.
Etymology: ME f. OF fel f. Rmc FELON(1) 5. n. an animal's hide or skin with its hair.
Etymology: OE fel, fell f. Gmc