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Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (imp.) of Fall.

2. (v.) imp. of Fall.

3. (a.) Cruel; barbarous; inhuman; fierce; savage; ravenous.

4. (a.) Eager; earnest; intent.

5. (a.) Gall; anger; melancholy.

6. (n.) A skin or hide of a beast with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as woolfell.

7. (n.) A barren or rocky hill.

8. (n.) A wild field; a moor.

9. (v. i.) To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut down.

10. (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is sorted by sifting.

11. (v. t.) To sew or hem; -- said of seams.

12. (n.) A form of seam joining two pieces of cloth, the edges being folded together and the stitches taken through both thicknesses.

13. (n.) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.


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