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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; <as>as, he was walking on ice, and had a <ex>fall</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.</def>

<blockquote>They thy <b>fall</b> conspire. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a <b>fall</b>. <i>Prov. xvi. 18.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of the Roman empire</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Beholds thee glorious only in thy <b>fall</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The surrender of a besieged fortress or town ; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of Sebastopol</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of prices; the <ex>fall</ex> of rents.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A sinking of tone; cadence; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of the voice at the close of a sentence</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; <as>as, the <ex>falls</ex> of Niagara</as>.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; <as>as, the <ex>fall</ex> of the Po into the Gulf of Venice</as>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; <as>as, the water of a stream has a <ex>fall</ex> of five feet</as>.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.</def>

<blockquote>What crowds of patients the town doctor kills, Or how, last <b>fall</b>, he raised the weekly bills. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>That which falls; a falling; <as>as, a <ex>fall</ex> of rain; a heavy <ex>fall</ex> of snow.</as></def>

<p><b>14.</b> <def>The act of felling or cutting down.</def> "The <i>fall</i> of timber."

<i>Johnson</i>.

<p><b>15.</b> <def>Lapse or declinsion from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels.</def>

<p><b>16.</b> <def>Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>17.</b> <def>That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.</def>

<cs><col>Fall herring</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a herring of the Atlantic (<spn>Clupea mediocris</spn>); -- also called <altname>tailor herring</altname>, and <altname>hickory shad</altname>.</cd> -- <col>To try a fall</col>, <cd>to try a bout at wrestling.</cd> <i>Shak</i>.</cs>

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<hw>Fal*la"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fallaciosus</ets>, fr. <ets>fallacia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fallacieux</ets>. See <er>Fallacy</er>.]</ety> <def>Embodying or pertaining to a fallacy; illogical; fitted to deceive; misleading; delusive; <as>as, <ex>fallacious</ex> arguments or reasoning</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Fal*la"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -<wf>Fal*la"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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