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 ]

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 ]

n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. fåll a hem. ] To sew or hem; -- said of seams. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]

imp. of Fall. [ 1913 Webster ]