Definition of fall

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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..

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Fall :: Fall (n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet..
Ancile :: Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome..
Landfall :: Landfall (n.) Sighting or making land when at sea.
Juba :: "Juba (n.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses..
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..
Incident :: Incident (a.) Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface..
Befall :: Befall (v. t.) To happen to.
Crazy :: Crazy (a.) Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube..
Infallibly :: Infallibly (adv.) In an infallible manner; certainly; unfailingly; unerringly.
Parietine :: Parietine (n.) A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin.
Rapid :: Rapid (a.) The part of a river where the current moves with great swiftness, but without actual waterfall or cascade; -- usually in the plural; as, the Lachine rapids in the St. Lawrence..
Sciagraphy :: Sciagraphy (n.) The art or science of projecting or delineating shadows as they fall in nature.
Dripping :: Dripping (n.) That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting..
Infallible :: Infallible (a.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility..
Assort :: Assort (v. i.) To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place.
Distill :: Distill (n. & v) To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle.
Sophist :: Sophist (n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Lapse or declension from innocence or goodness. Specifically: The first apostasy; the act of our first parents in eating the forbidden fruit; also, the apostasy of the rebellious angels..
Concussion :: Concussion (n.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain..
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