FELL


Meaning of FELL in English

imp. of fall.

2. fell ·noun a wild field; a moor.

3. fell ·noun a barren or rocky hill.

4. fell ·adj eager; earnest; intent.

5. fell ·adj gall; anger; melancholy.

6. fell ·impf of fall.

7. fell ·vt to sew or hem;

— said of seams.

8. fell ·adj cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

9. fell ·noun the end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

10. fell ·noun the finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

11. fell ·vi to cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

12. fell ·noun a skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt;

— used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

13. fell ·noun a form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

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