Fell (novel) definition

(1) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

"A barbarous crime"

"Brutal beatings"

"Cruel tortures"

"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"

"A savage slap"

"Vicious kicks"

(2) The act of felling something (as a tree)

(3) Seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

(4) The dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

(5) Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

"Strike down a tree"

"Lightning struck down the hikers"

(6) Sew a seam by folding the edges

(7) Pass away rapidly

"Time flies like an arrow"

"Time fleeing beneath him"