Section F, G and H

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"Fall to,
with eager joy, on homely food." Dryden. -- To fall
under. (a) To come under, or within the
limits of; to be subjected to; as, they fell under the
jurisdiction of the emperor. (b) To come
under; to become the subject of; as, this point did not fall
under the cognizance or deliberations of the court; these things
do not fall under human sight or observation.
(c) To come within; to be ranged or reckoned
with; to be subordinate to in the way of classification; as, these
substances fall under a different class or order. --
To fall upon. (a) To
attack. [See To fall on.] (b) To
attempt; to have recourse to. "I do not intend to fall
upon nice disquisitions." Holder. (c)
To rush against.

&fist; Fall primarily denotes descending motion, either in
a perpendicular or inclined direction, and, in most of its
applications, implies, literally or figuratively,
velocity, haste, suddenness, or violence. Its use is so various, and
so mush diversified by modifying words, that it is not easy to
enumerate its senses in all its applications.

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