Section F, G and H

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fell (in
comp.), Goth fill in þrutsfill leprosy, L.
pellis skin, G. &?;. Cf. Film, Peel,
Pell, n.] A skin or hide of a beast
with the wool or hair on; a pelt; -- used chiefly in composition, as
woolfell.

We are still handling our ewes, and their
fells, you know, are greasy.

Shak.

Fell (?), n. [Icel. fell,
fjally; akin to Sw. fjäll a ridge or chain of
mountains, Dan. fjeld mountain, rock and prob. to G.
fels rock, or perh. to feld field, E. field.]
1. A barren or rocky hill. T.
Gray.

2. A wild field; a moor.
Dryton.

Fell, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Felled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Felling.] [AS. fellan, a causative verb fr.
feallan to fall; akin to D. vellen, G.
fällen, Icel. fella, Sw. fälla, Dan.
fælde. See Fall, v. i.] To
cause to fall; to prostrate; to bring down or to the ground; to cut
down.

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