Definition of fall

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Fall (n.) Extent of descent; the distance which anything falls; as, the water of a stream has a fall of five feet..

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Periscii :: Periscii (n. pl.) Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass..
Contingent :: Contingent (n.) That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops..
Crack :: Crack (n.) A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip..
Frail :: Frail (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To be dropped or uttered carelessly; as, an unguarded expression fell from his lips; not a murmur fell from him..
Misfallen :: Misfallen (p. p.) of Misfal.
Gospel :: Gospel (v.) Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel..
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..
Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To be overthrown or captured; to be destroyed.
See :: See (v. t.) To fall in with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service..
Orthocenter :: Orthocenter (n.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect..
Snowstorm :: Snowstorm (n.) A storm with falling snow.
Roration :: Roration (n.) A falling of dew.
Befall :: Befall (v. t.) To happen to.
Stumbler :: Stumble (n.) A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.
Crashing :: Crashing (n.) The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.
Bogue :: Bogue (v. i.) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean..
Landlocked :: Landlocked (a.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon..
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