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<hw>Fell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Fall</er>.</def>

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<hw>Fell</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fel</ets>, OF. <ets>fel</ets> cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. <ets>fel</ets> (only in comp.) OF. <ets>fel</ets>, as a noun also accus. <ets>felon</ets>, is fr. LL. <ets>felo</ets>, of unknown origin; cf. Arm <ets>fall</ets> evil, Ir. <ets>feal</ets>, Arm. <ets>falloni</ets> treachery, Ir. & Gael. <ets>feall</ets> to betray; or cf. OHG. <ets>fillan</ets> to flay, torment, akin to E. <ets>fell</ets> skin. Cf. <er>Felon</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.</def>

<blockquote>While we devise <b>fell</b> tortures for thy faults. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Eager; earnest; intent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I am so <b>fell</b> to my business. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fell</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>fel</ets> gall, bile, or E. <ets>fell</ets>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Gall; anger; melancholy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Untroubled of vile fear or bitter <b>fell</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fell</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fell</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vel</ets>, OHG. <ets>fel</ets>, G. <ets>fell</ets>, Icel. <ets>fell</ets> (in comp.), Goth <ets>fill</ets> in \'edruts<ets>fill</ets> leprosy, L. <ets>pellis</ets> skin, G. <?/. Cf. <er>Film</er>, <er>Peel</er>, <er>Pell</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as wool<i>fell</i>.</def>

<blockquote>We are still handling our ewes, and their <b>fells</b>, you know, are greasy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fell</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>fell</ets>, <ets>fjally</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>fj\'84ll</ets> a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. <ets>fjeld</ets> mountain, rock and prob. to G. <ets>fels</ets> rock, or perh. to <ets>feld</ets> field, E. <ets>field</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A barren or rocky hill.</def>

<i>T. Gray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A wild field; a moor.</def>

<i>Dryton.</i>

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<hw>Fell</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Felled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Felling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>fellan</ets>, a causative verb fr. <ets>feallan</ets> to fall; akin to D. <ets>vellen</ets>, G. <ets>f\'84llen</ets>, Icel. <ets>fella</ets>, Sw. <ets>f\'84lla</ets>, Dan. <ets>f\'91lde</ets>. See <er>Fall</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <def>To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.</def>

<blockquote>Stand, or I'll <b>fell</b> thee down. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fell</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.</def>

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<hw>Fell</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Gael. <ets>fill</ets> to fold, plait, Sw. <ets>f\'86ll</ets> a hem.]</ety> <def>To sew or hem; -- said of seams.</def>

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<hw>Fell</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Sewing)</fld> <def>A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.</def>