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<hw>Fall"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & n.</tt> <def>from <er>Fall</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Falling away</col>, <col>Falling off</col></mcol>, etc. <cd>See <cref>To fall away</cref>, <cref>To fall off</cref>, etc., under <er>Fall</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt></cd> -- <col>Falling band</col>, <cd>the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.</cd> -- <col>Falling sickness</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>epilepsy. <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>Falling star</col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Shooting star</er>.</cd> -- <col>Falling stone</col>, <cd>a stone falling through the atmosphere; a meteorite; an a\'89rolite.</cd> -- <col>Falling tide</col>, <cd>the ebb tide.</cd> -- <col>Falling weather</col>, <cd>a rainy season. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> <i>Bartlett.</i></cd></cs>

<h1>Fallopian</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal*lo"pi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Fallopius</ets>, or <ets>Fallopio</ets>, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; <as>as, the <ex>Fallopian</ex> tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus</as>.</def>

<h1>Fallow</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fealu</ets>, <ets>fealo</ets>, pale yellow or red; akin to D. <ets>vaal</ets> fallow, faded, OHG. <ets>falo</ets>, G. <ets>falb</ets>, <ets>fahl</ets>, Icel. <ets>f\'94lr</ets>, and prob. to Lith. <ets>palvas</ets>, OSlav. plav<?/ white, L. <ets>pallidus</ets> pale, <ets>pallere</ets> to be pale, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ gray, Skr. <ets>palita</ets>. Cf. <er>Pale</er>, <er>Favel</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, <er>Favor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pale red or pale yellow; <as>as, a <ex>fallow</ex> deer or greyhound</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fallow</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; <as>as, <ex>fallow</ex> ground</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Fallow chat</col>, <col>Fallow finch</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small European bird, the wheatear (<spn>Saxicola \'91nanthe</spn>). See <er>Wheatear</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fallow</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal"low</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[So called from the <ets>fallow</ets>, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. <ets>felly</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>, cf. MHG. <ets>valgen</ets> to plow up, OHG. <ets>felga</ets> felly, harrow.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Plowed land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Who . . . pricketh his blind horse over the <b>fallows</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Land that has lain a year or more untilled or unseeded; land plowed without being sowed for the season.</def>

<blockquote>The plowing of <b>fallows</b> is a benefit to land. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The plowing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season; <as>as, summer <ex>fallow</ex>, properly conducted, has ever been found a sure method of destroying weeds</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Be a complete summer <b>fallow</b>, land is rendered tender and mellow. The <b>fallow</b> gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop. <i>Sinclair.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Fallow crop</col>, <cd>the crop taken from a green fallow.</cd> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> -- <col>Green fallow</col></mcol>, <cd>fallow whereby land is rendered mellow and clean from weeds, by cultivating some green crop, as turnips, potatoes, etc. <mark>[Eng.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Fallow</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fallowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fallowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Fallow</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; <as>as, it is profitable to <ex>fallow</ex> cold, strong, clayey land</as>.</def>

<h1>Fallow deer</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal"low deer`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[So called from its <ets>fallow</ets> or pale yellow color.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A European species of deer (<spn>Cervus dama</spn>), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks.</def>

<h1>Fallowist</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal"low*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who favors the practice of fallowing land.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sinclair.</i>

<h1>Fallowness</h1> <Xpage=540>

<hw>Fal"low*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Falsary</h1> <Xpage=540>