Definitions for the word "fell" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. imp.
of Fall
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2.
imp. of Fall.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Eager; earnest; intent.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Gall; anger; melancholy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A barren or rocky hill.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A wild field; a moor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. i.
To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v.
1 cut down (esp. A tree). 2 strike or knock down. 3 stitch down (the edge of a seam). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
15. n.
N.engl. 1 hill. 2 stretch of hills or moorland. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
16. adj.
Poet. Or rhet. Ruthless, destructive. at (or in) one fell swoop in a single (orig. Deadly) action. [french: related to *felon]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
17. n.
Animal''s hide or skin with its hair. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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