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A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. [Written also woolfel.]

One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.

An associate or companion in, or as in; a mate; a fellow; especially, a partner in marriage. Phil. iv. 3. The two languages [English and French] became yokefellows in a still more intimate manner. Earle. Those who have most distinguished themselves by railing at the sex, very often choose one of the most worthless for…

A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. Milman. All ablaze with crimson and gold. Longfellow.

degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. "There fell . . . about three thousand men." Exod. xxii. 28.

treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.

Of or pertaining to Acadie, or Nova Scotia. "Acadian farmers." Longfellow. -- n.

ntinuously painful. See Ache. -- Ach"ing*ly, adv. The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow.

A foolish or dull-witted fellow. [Colloq.]

Ago. [Archaic. & Poet.] Three days agone I fell sick. 1 Sam. xxx. 13.

On horseback. Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet.

disturbed; as, an alarmed neighborhood; an alarmed modesty. The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air. Longfellow.

Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity. An alert young fellow. Addison.

of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. It would allay the burning quality of that fell poison. Shak.

The act alluring; temptation; enticement. Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton.

this demand is refused the alternative is war. Lewis. With no alternative but death. Longfellow.

r the attainment of something. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling a way ambition: By that sin fell the angels. Shak. The pitiful ambition of possessing five or six thousand more acres. Burke.

f leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo. Longfellow.