A cutting-down of timber.
Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
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.
An animal skin, hide, pelt.
A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
A wild field or upland moor.
The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
simple past tense of fall
To strike down, kill, destroy.
To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
Very large; huge.
Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
Sharply; fiercely.
The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
To suffer griping pains.
To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
To annoy or bother.
To complain; to whine.