FELL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fel skin, Latin pellis Date: before 12th century skin , hide , pelt , a thin tough membrane covering a carcass directly under the hide, II. transitive verb see: fall Date: before 12th century 1. to cut, knock, or bring down , kill , to sew (a seam) by folding one raw edge under the other and sewing flat on the wrong side, ~able adjective ~er noun see: fall IV. adjective see: felon Date: 14th century 1. fierce , cruel , terrible , sinister , malevolent , very destructive ; deadly , sharp , pungent , ~ness noun ~y adverb V. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse ~, fjall mountain; akin to Old High German felis rock Date: 14th century a high barren field or moor