FELON

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A person who has committed a felony.

2.
n.

A person guilty or capable of heinous crime.

3.
n.

A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint.

4.
a.

Characteristic of a felon; malignant; fierce; malicious; cruel; traitorous; disloyal. Vain shows of love to vail his felon hate. Pope.


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