| fell | (n) seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges, Syn. felled seam | | fell | (n) the act of felling something (as a tree) | | fell | (v) cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow, Syn. cut down, drop, strike down, Example: strike down a tree; Lightning struck down the hikers | | fell | (v) sew a seam by folding the edges | | fellah | (n) an agricultural laborer in Arab countries | | fellate | (v) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation, Syn. suck, blow, go down on | | fellatio | (n) oral stimulation of the penis, Syn. fellation | | fellini | (n) Italian filmmaker (1920-1993), Syn. Federico Fellini | | felloe | (n) rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted, Syn. felly | | fellow | (n) a member of a learned society, Example: he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association |
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| Fell | n. [ AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in þrutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, Gr. pe`lla. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | 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 ] | | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Eager; earnest; intent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I am so fell to my business. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fell | n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fell | v. t. [ Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. fåll a hem. ] To sew or hem; -- said of seams. [ 1913 Webster ] | | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A wild field; a moor. Dryton. [ 1913 Webster ] | | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fell | n. [ Cf. L. fel gall, bile, or E. fell, a. ] Gall; anger; melancholy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] | | fell | imp. of Fall. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fellable | a. Fit to be felled. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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