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One who favors the practice of fallowing land. [R.] Sinclair.

A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered. [U.S.] Bartlett.

In a fantastic manner. the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom. Hawthorne.

In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded.

Joyously; festively; mirthfully.

In a feudal manner.

With confidence. South.

In a filial manner.

At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered. Whom patience finally must crown. Milton.

In a dfinancial manner. Burke.

A luminous meteor, resembling a ball of fire passing rapidly through the air, and sometimes exploding.

In a floral manner.

An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller.

setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a footstep. Shak. Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe

The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast; as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.

To allege or cite before. Fotherby.

To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid Milton.

One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke.

To harass; to torment; to distress. [Obs.] Spenser.