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.
2. (Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the
weft.
Fell , v. t. [Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. fåll a hem.]
To sew or hem; --
said of seams.
Fell , n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go
through the meshes, when the ore
is sorted by sifting.
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. fällen, Icel. fella, Sw. fälla, Dan. fælde. See Fall, v. i.] To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or
to the ground; to cut down.
Stand, or I'll fell thee down.
Shak.
Fell (?), n. [Icel.
fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fjäll 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.
2. A wild field;
a moor. Dryton.
Fell , n. [AS. fell; akin to D.
vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in þrutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, G. &?;. Cf. Film, Peel, Pell, n.]
A skin or
hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
We are still
handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are
greasy.
Shak.
Fell , n. [Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a.]
Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.]
Untroubled of vile
fear or bitter fell.
Spenser.
Fell , a. [OE.
fel, OF. fel cruel, fierce, perfidious; cf. AS. fel
(only in comp.) OF. fel, as a noun also
accus. felon, is fr. LL.
felo, of unknown origin; cf. Arm fall evil, Ir. feal, Arm. falloni treachery,
Ir. & Gael. feall to betray; or
cf. OHG. fillan to flay,
torment, akin to E. fell
skin. Cf. Felon.]
1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.
Shak. 2. Eager;
earnest; intent.
[Obs.]
I am so fell to my business.
Pepys.
Fell (?), imp. of Fall.
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