fell

adjective4

1. •
   Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

   • […]While we devise fell tortures for thy faults. — 1591
2. •
   (dialect, UK) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
3. •
   (dialect, UK) Very large; huge.
4. •
   (no longer used) Eager; earnest; intent.

   • I am so fell to my business. — 1667

noun10

1. •
   High and barren landscape feature such as a mountain range or mountain terrain above the tree line.
2. •
   A rocky ridge or chain of mountains, particularly in the British Isles or Fennoscandia.

   • The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells, In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells. — 1937
3. •
   (Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.

   • As over Holt and Heath, as thorough Frith and Fell — 1612
4. •
   A cutting-down of timber.
5. •
   A covering of hair, wool, etc., especially when matted or thick; a fleece; also (chiefly in fell of hair), a thick head or mass of hair.

   • [M]y Fell of haire / VVould at a dismall Treatise rovvze, and stirre / As life vvere in't. — 1606
6. •
   The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

   • Cut the first 2 warp ends in half and tie each pair together with an overhand knot, snug (but not tight) against the fell. — 2026
7. •
   The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
8. •
   The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
9. •
   (no longer used, rare) Skin, hide, pelt.
10. •
    (no longer used, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.

    • Untroubled of vile fear or bitter fell. — 1590

verb3

1. •
   To make something fall; especially a tree.

   • Stand, or I'll fell thee down. — 1591
2. •
   To strike down, kill, destroy.

   • "Even in his most temperate moments he is constantly felling people with a hunting-crop." — 1936
3. •
   To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

   • To fell seam allowances, catch the lining underneath before emerging 1/4" (6mm) ahead, and 1/8" (3mm) to 1/4" (6mm) into the seam allowance. — 2006

adverb1

1. •
   Sharply; fiercely.

noun2

1. •
   Ellipsis of Fell pony.

   • Fells are usually pure black with no white markings, but bay, gray, and brown are also possible. — 2016
2. •
   Ellipsis of Fell mountain railway system, named after John Barraclough Fell.

   • This line [the Snaefell Mountain Railway] is the world's only example of an electrically-operated railway with a Fell central rail. — 1957