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▸ verb: (transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
▸ verb: (sewing) To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.
▸ noun: A cutting-down of timber.
▸ noun: The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
▸ noun: (textiles) The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.
▸ noun: An animal skin, hide, pelt.
▸ noun: Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).
▸ noun: (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
▸ noun: (archaic outside Northern England, Scotland) A wild field or upland moor.
▸ adjective: Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
▸ adjective: (UK dialectal, Scotland) Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
▸ adjective: (UK dialectal, Scotland) Very large; huge.
▸ adjective: (obsolete) Eager; earnest; intent.
▸ adverb: Sharply; fiercely.
▸ noun: (obsolete, rare) Anger; gall; melancholy.
▸ noun: (mining) The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: Short for Fell pony. [A pony of a versatile working mountain and moorland breed originating on Cumberland and Westmorland farms of northwest England.]
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