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pr. & vb.
n. Feeling.] [AS. fēlan; akin to OS.
gifōlian to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG.
fuolen, G. fühlen, Icel. fālma to
grope, and prob. to AS. folm palm of the hand, L.
palma. Cf. Fumble, Palm.] 1.
To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the
nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by
those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing)
with the body or limbs.

Who feel

Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel.

Creecn.

2. To touch; to handle; to examine by
touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to
make trial of; to test; often with out.

Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my
son.

Gen. xxvii. 21.

He hath this to feel my affection to your
honor.

Shak.

3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense
of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensitive
to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.

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