Section F, G and H

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fēlagi, fr. fēlag
companionship, prop., a laying together of property; fē
property + lag a laying, pl. lög law, akin to
liggja to lie. See Fee, and Law, Lie to
be low.] 1. A companion; a comrade; an
associate; a partner; a sharer.

The fellows of his crime.

Milton.

We are fellows still,

Serving alike in sorrow.

Shak.

That enormous engine was flanked by two fellows
almost of equal magnitude.

Gibbon.

&fist; Commonly used of men, but sometimes of women. Judges
xi. 37.

2. A man without good breeding or worth; an
ignoble or mean man.

Worth makes the man, and want of it, the
fellow.

Pope.

3. An equal in power, rank, character,
etc.

It is impossible that ever Rome

Should breed thy fellow.

Shak.

4. One of a pair, or of two things used
together or suited to each other; a mate; the male.

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Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 (page 1) First and Last Things (page 128) Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing (page 278)

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