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. ]
While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am so fell to my business. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in þrutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, Gr.
We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mining) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting. [ 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. ]
v. t. [ Cf. Gael. fill to fold, plait, Sw. fåll a hem. ] To sew or hem; -- said of seams. [ 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 ]
a. Fit to be felled. [ 1913 Webster ]