fell´a|ble

fell´a|ble
fell1 «fehl», verb.
past tense of fall: »

Snow fell last night.

fell2 «fehl», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to cause to fall; cut, knock, or strike down: »

One blow felled him to the ground.

2. to cut down (a tree): »

The lumberman will fell these great trees.

3. to turn down and stitch one edge of (a seam) over the other.
–n.
1. all the trees cut down in one season.
2. a seam made by felling.
╂[Old English fellan (causative) < feallan fall]
–fell´a|ble, adjective.
fell3 «fehl», adjective, adverb.
–adj.
1. extremely bad; cruel; fierce; terrible: »

a fell blow.

SYNONYM(S): savage, ruthless.
2. Archaic. deadly; destructive: »

a fell disease, the murderer's fell plans.

SYNONYM(S): dire.
3. intensely painful.
4. a) keen; eager. b) Scottish. (of taste) keen; pungent.
5. Dialect. sturdy; doughty
6. Scottish. huge; mighty.
–adv. Dialect.
╂[< Old French fel < Vulgar Latin fellō fellon1]
–fell´ness, noun.
fell4 «fehl», noun.
the skin or hide of an animal. SYNONYM(S): pelt.
╂[Old English fell. See related etym. at film. (Cf. ↑film)]
fell5 «fehl», noun. Scottish.
1. a stretch of high moorland; down.
2. a hill; mountain (now only in names).
╂[< Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic fjall)]

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