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hitectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.

A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. Shak.

To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. Dryden.

The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

A fall that breaks the neck.

A breach; ruin; downfall; peril. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ith a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.

telope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.

The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits.

ually conical or pear-shaped. -- Life buoy, a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them. -- Nut or Nun buoy, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end. -- To stream the buoy, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's sid…

Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.

A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.

Falling. [R.] "Cadent tears." Shak.

Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.] [A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.

to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him. -- To call back, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back. -- To call down, to pray for, as blessing or curses. -- To call forth, to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind.…

A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.

A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. Longfellow.

. (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties." Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a succesful issue; to succeed. -- To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.…

A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow. Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.