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FELL

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 242 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FELL  . (1) (Through the O . Fr. fel, from

Low
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Lat. fello, felon), savage, ruthless, deadly; only used now in
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poetry . (2) (Of Scandinavian origin, cf . Danish field, probably connected with a Teutonic root appearing in German fels, rock), a hill, as in the names of mountains in the Lake
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District in England, e.g . Scawfell; also a lofty moorland down . (3) (A word
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common to Teutonic
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languages, cf . Ger. fell, and Dutch vel, cognate with Lat. pellis, skin), the pelt or hide of an animal, with the hair or wool and skin; also used of any thick shaggy covering, like a matted fleece . (4) To cause to "fall," a word common to Teutonic languages and akin to the root of the Lat. fallere and Gr. vgaXAecv, to cause to stumble, to deceive . As a substantive " fell " is used of a flat seam laid level with the
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surface of the fabric; also, in
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weaving, of the end of the web .

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