fell
11fell — fell1 [fel] vi., vt. pt. of FALL fell2 [fel] vt. [ME fellen < OE fællan, fellan (< Gmc * falljan), caus. of feallan (< Gmc * fallan), FALL] 1. to cause to fall; knock down [to fell an opponent with a blow] 2. t …
12Fell — Fell, n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fj[ a]ll a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and prob. to G. fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.] 1. A barren or rocky hill. T. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. A wild field; a moor.… …
13Fell — Fell, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Felled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Felling}.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr. feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G. f[ a]llen, Icel. fella, Sw. f[ a]lla, Dan. f[ae]lde. See {Fall}, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate; to… …
14fell|er — fell|er1 «FEHL uhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that fells. 2. a part attached to a sewing machine to fell seams. ╂[< fell2 + er1] fell|er2 «FEHL uhr», noun. Dialect. fellow: »There was a feller here once by the name of Jim Smiley, in the… …
15Fell — Fell, imp. of {Fall}. [1913 Webster] …
16Fell — Fell, n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting. [1913 Webster] …
17Fell — Fell, v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. f[*a]ll a hem.] To sew or hem; said of seams. [1913 Webster] …
18Fell — Fell, n. 1. (Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses. [1913 Webster] 2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft. [1913 Webster] …
19Fell [1] — Fell, 1) behaarte Haut eines Thieres; 2) die Haut kleinerer Thiere, welche nicht abgestreift wird; 3) die gegerbte Haut kleinerer Thiere (z.B. Kalb , Schaf , Ziegenfell); werden nach Dechern von 10 Stück od. Dutzend verhandelt; 4) (Anat.), so v.w …
20Fell [2] — Fell, Rechnungsmünze auf den Faröer Inseln, 1 F. = 4 Schilling dän. Cour. od. etwas über 11/2 Sgr., 20 Felle = 1 Gulden …
