Word Definition

Fell

  1. imp. of Fall.
  2. To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
  3. of Fall
  4. Eager; earnest; intent.
  5. The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
  6. A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
  7. A wild field; a moor.
  8. A barren or rocky hill.
  9. The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
  10. To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
  11. Gall; anger; melancholy.
  12. A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
  13. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.