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Fell Fell, imp. of Fall. [1913 Webster]

Fell Fell, 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]

Fell Fell, 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]

Fell Fell, n. [AS. fell; akin to D. vel, OHG. fel, G. fell, Icel. fell (in comp.), Goth fill in [thorn]rutsfill leprosy, L. pellis skin, G. ?. Cf. Film, Peel, Pell, n.] A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. [1913 Webster]

We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Fell Fell, n. [Icel. fell, fjally; akin to Sw. fj["a]ll 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]

Fell Fell, 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. f["a]llen, Icel. fella, Sw. f["a]lla, Dan. f[ae]lde. 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]

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

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

Fell 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]