Dictionary

A cutting-down of timber.

The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.

The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.

To strike down, kill, destroy.

To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

An animal skin, hide, pelt.

Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

(obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.

(obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.

Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.

Example: one fell swoop

Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent

Very large; huge.

Eager; earnest; intent.

Sharply; fiercely.

Anger; gall; melancholy.

The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

(heading) To be moved downwards.

To move downwards.

To happen, to change negatively.

To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.

Example: And so it falls to me to make this important decision.  The estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals.