fell

fell
fell1
/fel/, v.
pt. of fall.
fell2
/fel/, v.t.
1. to knock, strike, shoot, or cut down; cause to fall: to fell a moose; to fell a tree.
2. Sewing. to finish (a seam) by sewing the edge down flat.
n.
3. Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
4. Sewing. a seam finished by felling.
[bef. 900; ME fellen, OE fellan, causative of feallan to FALL; c. Goth falljan to cause to fall]
fell3
—fellness, n.
/fel/, adj.
1. fierce; cruel; dreadful; savage.
2. destructive; deadly: fell poison; fell disease.
3. at or in one fell swoop. See swoop (def. 5).
[1250-1300; ME fel < OF, nom. of felon wicked. See FELON]
fell4
/fel/, n.
the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.
[bef. 900; ME, OE; c. D vel, G Fell, ON -fjall (in berfjall bear-skin), Goth -fill (in thrutsfill scab-skin, leprosy); akin to L pellis skin, hide]
fell5
/fel/, n. Scot. and North Eng.
an upland pasture, moor, or thicket; a highland plateau.
[1300-50; ME < ON fell, fjall hill, mountain, akin to G Felsen rock, cliff]

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