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What does "fell" mean?

Fell: Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous. While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. Shak.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Eager; earnest; intent. [Obs.] I am so fell to my business. Pepys.
  2. 3.Gall; anger; melancholy. [Obs.] Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. Spenser.
  3. 4.A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell. We are still handling our ewes, and their fells, you know, are greasy. Shak.
  4. 5.A barren or rocky hill. T. Gray.
  5. 6.A wild field; a moor. Dryton.
  6. 7.To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down. Stand, or I'll fell thee down. Shak.
  7. 8.The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.
  8. 9.To sew or hem; -- said of seams.
  9. 10.(Sewing) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.
  10. 11.(Weaving) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

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