To strike down, kill, destroy.
To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
simple past tense of fall
To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
Sharply; fiercely.
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.
A cutting-down of timber.
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.
Very large; huge.
Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
To destroy; to strike out of existence; to obliterate.
To scrape as if with a razor.
To demolish; to level to the ground.
A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.