2. Noun. (plural of fell) ¹
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Definition of Fells
1. fell [v] - See also: fell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fells
Literary usage of Fells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Abridgement of the Law by Matthew Bacon, Joseph Sayer, Owen Ruffhead, Henry Gwillim (1798)
"Cm. Jtc. If Л, bargains and fells lands to B. and his heirs, and Wot; ham v'л?
... »'inft. rolled, bargains and fells to C. and his heirs, ..."
2. The Reports of Sir Edward Coke, Knt.: In Thirteen Parts by Edward Coke, John Henry Thomas, John Farquhar Fraser, Robert Philip Tyrwhitt (1826)
"But the said jurors say, that the aforesaid Richard fells, at the time of the
arrest aforesaid, did not shew to the said John Murray any warrant, ..."
3. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1908)
"His father, John fells, had died the preceding September. ... John fells, the
elder, leaves property to wife Ellin [she was a sister of Richard ..."
4. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"The calf fells at 20 livres, at fifteen days old ; and the produce of hogs, ...
Such land bought, fells at 300 livres, and lets at ю livres. ..."
5. A Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the Western by Ann Ward Radcliffe (1795)
"... -fells, dark and awful, ... in the neighbourhood of Graf mere, the fells of
Borrowdale in the ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"... alluded to in this communication forms the northern portion of the mountainous
area of the lake district of Cumberland. Caldbeck fells, including their ..."
7. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Note on these lines : Or happily be grac'd With floods, or marshy fells. ...
So may the first of all опт fells be thine. Jons. ..."
8. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1876)
"Past and Present among the Northern fells. No II. By Mtss POWLEY, Langwathby,
Penrith. Read at Carlisle, December gth, 1875. SINCE the former paper on this ..."
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