fell

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To make something fall

   To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

   • Stand, or I'll fell thee down.
   • Sinclair opened Swansea's account from the spot on 8 minutes after a Ryan Shawcross tackle had felled Wayne Routledge.
   • As southeast Asia's forests were felled, the rhino's habitat shrank and became fragmented.
2. 2

   To strike down, kill, destroy.

   • "Even in his most temperate moments he is constantly felling people with a hunting-crop."
   • … could make Ferré the first major fashion label felled by the economic crisis to come out the other end of restructuring.
3. 3

   To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

   • To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance.
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   1. 4

      A cutting-down of timber.

   2. 5

      The stitching down of a fold of cloth

      The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

   3. 6

      The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

      • Cut the first 2 warp ends in half and tie each pair together with an overhand knot, snug (but not tight) against the fell.
   4. 7

      Skin, hide, pelt.

      • For he is fader of feith · fourmed ȝow alle / Bothe with fel and with face.
      • Why, we are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy.
   5. 8

      High and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the…

      High and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the tree line.

   6. 9

      A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.

      • The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells, In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells.
   7. 10

      A wild field or upland moor.

      • As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell;
      • The night continued beautifully clear and fine, and as we came into the fell country the outlines of the hills showed up dark against the starlit sky.
   8. 11

      Of a strong and cruel nature

      Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

      • one fell swoop
      • […]While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
      • And many a serpent of fell kind, / With wings before, and stings behind
   9. 12

      Strong and fiery

      Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent

   10. 13

       Very large

       Very large; huge.

   11. 14

       Eager

       Eager; earnest; intent.

       • I am so fell to my business.
   12. 15

       Sharply

       Sharply; fiercely.

   13. 16

       Anger

       Anger; gall; melancholy.

       • Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.
       • I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. / What hours, O what black hoürs we have spent / This night!
   14. 17

       The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

   15. 18

       simple past of fall

   16. 19

       past participle of fall

       • For I have heard that my Enemies have fell into that ſnare which they laid for mee. They which would have taken away my life have loſt their own;[…]
       • I ſhould have fell overboard, or been killed by the enemy ; for having ſo many things to carry along with me, which I knew not how to uſe[…]
       • Wayne who has fell in love with a female and decides to be married, then change his mind and don't want that.
   17. 20

       A surname.

   18. 21

       A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.

   19. 22

       A municipality in Trier-Saarland district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

   20. 23

       Ellipsis of Fell pony.

       • Fells are usually pure black with no white markings, but bay, gray, and brown are also possible.
   21. 24

       Ellipsis of Fell mountain railway system, named after John Barraclough Fell.

       • This line [the Snaefell Mountain Railway] is the world's only example of an electrically-operated railway with a Fell central rail.

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