Definition of fell

• imp. - of Fall
• - imp. of Fall.
• a. - Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.
• a. - Eager; earnest; intent.
• a. - Gall; anger; melancholy.
• n. - A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.
• n. - A barren or rocky hill.
• n. - A wild field; a moor.
• v. i. - To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.
• n. - The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
• v. t. - To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
• n. - A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
• n. - The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.