7 entries under this word

Fell

Fell, imp.

past tense

of fall.

Fĕll, a.

adjective

a. [O. Fr. & Pr. fel, It. fello, A-S. fell, D. fel, from Celtic full, fal, feal, bad, evil, fal, fula, grudge, malice, treachery, feall, treachery, falsehood, deceit, conspiracy, murder, feallaim, I deceive, conspire, fail.] Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous; bloody.

For Oberon is passing fell and wrath. Shak. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak.

Fĕll, n.

noun

n. [A-S. fell, O. H. Ger. fel, N. H. Ger. fell, M. H. Ger. & D. vel, Icel. fell, feldr, Goth. fill, allied to Lat. pellis.] A skin or hide of a beast;—used chiefly in composition, as wool-fell.

We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak.

Fĕll, n.

noun

n. [Icel. fell, hill, fjall, mountain, Sw. fjäll, a ridge or chain of mountains, Dan. fjæld, fjeld, mountain, rock, Ger. fels, allied to Gr. πέλα, πέλλα, φέλα, φέλλα, stone.]

A barren or stony hill. [Prov. Eng.] Gray.
A field. [Obs.] Drayton.

Fĕll, n.

noun

n. [A-S. fell, gall, anger. Cf. FELL, a.] Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] “Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell.” Spenser.

Féll, n.

noun

n. (Weaving.) The line which terminates a web in process of weaving, formed by the last weft thread. Ogilvie.

Fĕll, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FELLED; p. pr. & vb. n. FELLING.] [A-S. fellan, fyllan, v. causative from feallan, to fall; O. H. Ger. fellan, M. H. Ger. vellen, N. H. Ger. fallen, D. vellen, Sw. fälla, Dan. fällde.] 1. To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground. Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak. 2. To sew or hem;—said of seams only.