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A rude, rustic fellow.

A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] Shak.

Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne.

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.

f persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebr…

A coarse, brutal fellow. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.

A fellow adventurer.

A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.] It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.

about or around. You can see his flery serpents . . . Coiting, playing in the water. Longfellow.

A mean, paltry fellow; a coward. [Obs.] Shak.

me, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book. The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan. The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott.

To hide. [Obs.] That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. Spenser.

A young, foolish fellow. Shak.

le or becoming; proper; agreeable. This is a happier and more comely time Than when these fellows ran about the streets, Crying confusion. Shak. It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. Ps. cxlvii. 1.

this comfort. Shak. Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not. Longfellow.

The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. [Obs.] "Promiscuous commensality." Sir T. Browne.

frequently consulted or referred to. Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.

rse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints. We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others. Hooker. What communion hath light with darkness 2 Cor. vi. 14. Bare communion with a good church can never alone make…

A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak.