KJV Dictionary Definition: fell

fell

FELL, pret. of fall.

FELL, a.

1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman.

It seemed fury, discord, madness fell.

2. Fierce; savage; ravenous; bloody.

More fell than tigers on the Libyan plain.

FELL, n. L. pellis. A skin or hide of a beast; used chiefly in composition, as wool-fell.

FELL, n. A barren or stony hill. Local.

FELL, v.t. To cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring to the ground, either by cutting, as to fell trees, or by striking, as to fell an ox.

felled

FELL'ED, pp. Knocked or cut down.

felling

FELL'ING, ppr. Cutting or beating to the ground.

fellness

FELL'NESS, n. See Fell, cruel. Cruelty; fierce barbarity; rage.