Fellah
‖Fel″lah (?), n.; pl. Ar. Fellahin (#), E. Fellahs (#). A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. W. M. Thomson.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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‖Fel″lah (?), n.; pl. Ar. Fellahin (#), E. Fellahs (#). A peasant or cultivator of the soil among the Egyptians, Syrians, etc. W. M. Thomson.
Fell″er (?), n. One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.
Fell″er, n. An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
Fell″fare′ (?), n. [Cf. AS. fealafor, and E. fieldfare.] (Zoöl.) The fieldfare.
Fel‐lif″lu‐ous (?), a. [L. fellifuus; fel gall + fluere to flow.] Flowing with gall. Johnson.
Fel‐lin″ic (?), a. [L. fel, fellis, gall.] Of, relating to, or derived from, bile or gall; as, fellinic acid.
Fell″mon′ger (?), n. A dealer in fells or sheepskins, who separates the wool from the pelts.
Fell″ness, n. [See Fell cruel.] The quality or state of being fell or cruel; fierce barbarity. Spenser.
Fel″loe (?), n. See Felly.
Fel″lon (?), n. Variant of Felon.Those two were foes the fellonest on ground. Spenser.
Fel″low (?), n. [OE. felawe, felaghe, Icel. fēlagi, fr. fēlag companionship, prop., a laying together of property; fē property + lag a laying, pl. lög law, akin to liggja to lie...
Fel″low (?), v. t. To suit with; to pair with; to match. Shak.
Fel″low–com″mon‐er (?), n. A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table.
Fel″low–crea″ture (?; 135), n. One of the same race or kind; one made by the same Creator.Reason, by which we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes. I. Watts.
Fel″low–feel″ing, n. 1. Sympathy; a like feeling.2. Joint interest. Arbuthnot.
Fel″low‐feel″ (?), v. t. To share through sympathy; to participate in. D. Rodgers.
Fel″low‐less, a. Without fellow or equal; peerless.Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman.
Fel″low‐like′ (?), a. Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. Udall.
Fel″low‐ly, a. Fellowlike. Shak.
Fel″low‐ship (?), n. 1. The state or relation of being or associate.2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.In a great town, f...
Fel″low‐ship (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Fellowshiped (�); p. pr. & vb. n.. Fellowshiping.] (Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of fai...
Fel″ly (?), adv. In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely. Spenser.
Fel″ly, n.; pl.Fellies (�). [OE. feli, felwe, felow, AS. felg, felge; akin to D. velg, G. felge, OHG. felga felly (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. felge.] The ...
‖Fe″lo–de–se′ (?), n.; pl.Felos-de-se (#). [LL. felo, E. felon + de of, concerning + se self.] (Law) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life whi...
Fel″on (?), n. [OE., adj., cruel, n., villain, ruffian, traitor, whitlow, F. félon traitor, in OF. also, villain, fr. LL. felo. See Fell, a.] 1. (Law) A person who has committed...
Fel″on, a. Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal.Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. Pope.
Fe‐lo″ni‐ous (?), a. Having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious; in a legal sense, done with intent to commit a crime; as, felonious ...