Definition of fall

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Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..

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Parietine :: Parietine (n.) A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin.
Fall :: Fall (n.) The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice..
Summerhouses :: Summer-fallow (v. t.) To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow..
Case :: Case (n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes..
Fallency :: Fallency (n.) An exception.
Puteal :: Puteal (n.) An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb.
Prolapse :: Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum..
Strappado :: Strappado (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated..
Waver :: Waver (v.) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
Swatte :: Swather (n.) A device attached to a mowing machine for raising the uncut fallen grain and marking the limit of the swath.
Dashpot :: Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
Relapsing :: Relapsing (a.) Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise..
Landfall :: Landfall (n.) A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.
Crash :: Crash (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once..
Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (v. i.) To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles..
Fall :: Fall (n.) The season when leaves fall from trees; autumn.
Vail :: Vail (n.) An unexpected gain or acquisition; a casual advantage or benefit; a windfall.
Reclined :: Reclined (a.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
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