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Webster 1913 Edition

Fell

Fell

,
Adj.
[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.
Shakespeare
2.
Eager; earnest; intent.
[Obs.]
I am so
fell
to my business.
Pepys.

Fell

,
Noun.
[Cf. L.
fel
gall, bile, or E.
fell
,
Adj.
]
Gall; anger; melancholy.
[Obs.]
Untroubled of vile fear or bitter
fell
.
Spenser.

Fell

,
Noun.
[AS.
fell
; akin to D.
vel
, OHG.
fel
, G.
fell
, Icel.
fell
(in comp.), Goth
fill
in þruts
fill
leprosy, L.
pellis
skin, Gr.
πέλλα
. Cf.
Film
,
Peel
,
Pell
,
Noun.
]
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.
Shakespeare

Fell

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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
,
Verb.
I.
]
To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Stand, or I’ll
fell
thee down.
Shakespeare

Fell

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

Fell

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. Gael.
fill
to fold, plait, Sw.
fåll
a hem.]
To sew or hem; – said of seams.

Fell

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fell

FELL

, pret. of fall.

FELL

, a.
1.
Cruel; barbarous; inhuman.
It seemed fury, discord, madness fell.
2.
Fierce; savage; ravenous; bloody.
More fell than tigers on the Libyan plain.

FELL

,
Noun.
[L. pellis.] A skin or hide of a beast; used chiefly in composition, as wool-fell.

FELL

,
Noun.
A barren or stony hill. [Local.]

FELL

,
Verb.
T.
To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring to the ground, either by cutting, as to fell trees, or by striking, as to fell an ox.

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