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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fall \fall\, n.
1. the act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force
of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the
yard of ship.
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2. the act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as,
he was walking on ice, and had a fall.
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3. death; destruction; overthrow; ruin.
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they thy fall conspire. --denham.
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pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. --prov. xvi.
18.
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4. downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office;
termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin;
overthrow; as, the fall of the roman empire.
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beholds thee glorious only in thy fall. --pope.
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5. the surrender of a besieged fortress or town; as, the fall
of sebastopol.
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6. diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation;
as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
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7. a sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at
the close of a sentence.
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8. declivity; the descent of land or a hill; a slope.
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9. descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water
down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural,
sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of niagara.
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10. the discharge of a river or current of water into the
ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the po
into the gulf of venice. --addison.
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11. extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as,
the water of a stream has a fall of five feet.
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12. the season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
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what crowds of patients the town doctor kills,
or how, last fall, he raised the weekly bills.
--dryden.
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13. that which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy
fall of snow.
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14. the act of felling or cutting down. "the fall of timber."
--johnson.
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15. lapse or declension from innocence or goodness.
specifically: the first apostasy; the act of our first
parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy
of the rebellious angels.
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16. formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling
band; a faule. --b. jonson.
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17. that part as one of the ropes of a tackle to which the
power is applied in hoisting.
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fall herring zool., a herring of the atlantic clupea
mediocris; -- also called tailor herring, and hickory
shad.
to try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --shak.
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see also:
fall herring clupea mediocris tailor herring hickory shad to try a fall
Results 1 - 10 of 18 found about to try a fall: Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Fall.
...To try a fall. To wrestle, when each tries to “fall” or throw the ... hath a disposition to come in disguised against me to try a fall.”—As ... ..
http://www.bartleby.com/81/6166.html, score=100, date indexed=December 17, 2005, 9:42 am Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Fall.
...To try a fall. To wrestle, when each tries to “fall” or throw the ... hath a disposition to come in disguised against me to try a fall.”—As ... ..
http://www.bartelby.com/81/6166.html, score=100, date indexed=December 16, 2005, 7:13 pm Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Fall.
...To try a fall. To wrestle, when each tries to “fall” or throw the ... hath a disposition to come in disguised against me to try a fall.”—As ... ..
http://www.bartelby.org/81/6166.html, score=60, date indexed=November 5, 2005, 2:36 am To try conclusions - Definition of To try conclusions by Webster Dictionary
...... a fall. To try on. To tumble home. To turn a cold shoulder to. To turn ... To turn a flange. To turn a hostile army. To turn a penny. To turn ... ..
http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/To%20try%20conclusions, score=22, date indexed=November 5, 2005, 11:52 am Define Fall herring : powered by In Dictionary (InDictionary.com)
...... and hickory shad. To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak. [ ... That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow ... ..
http://www.indictionary.com/define/Fall_herring, score=20, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 4:32 pm To turn a cold shoulder to - definition of To turn a cold shoulder to by the ...
...... a fall. To try conclusions. To try on. To tumble home. To turn a cold ... To turn a corner. To turn a flange. To turn a hostile army. To turn a ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/To%20turn%20a%20cold%20shoulder%20to, score=20, date indexed=December 11, 2005, 5:27 pm FALL - Definition
...... and {hickory shad}. {To try a fall}, to try a bout at wrestling. -- ... as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall ... ..
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/fall, score=20, date indexed=January 12, 2006, 2:12 pm To turn a penny - definition of To turn a penny by the Free Online Dictionary, ...
...... a fall. To try conclusions. To try on. To tumble home. To turn a cold ... turn a cold shoulder to. To turn a corner. To turn a flange. To turn a ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/To%20turn%20a%20penny, score=20, date indexed=December 13, 2005, 2:00 pm fall
...... tailor herring}, and {hickory shad}. {To try a fall}, to try a bout at ... To fall calm}, to cease to blow; to become calm. {To fall down}. a To ... ..
http://www.beetfoundation.com/words/f/fall.html, score=20, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 1:34 am Fall - Dictionary Definition and Meaning of Fall
...To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. --Shak. From Webster's ... calm, to cease to blow; to become calm. To fall down. (a) To prostrate ... ..
http://www.wordiq.com/reference/fall, score=20, date indexed=January 23, 2006, 10:07 pm
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