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fall 1. Machinery nautical the end of a tackle to which power is applied to hoist it 2. Nautical one of the lines of a davit for holding, lowering, or raising a boat 3. Wrestling a scoring move, pinning both shoulders of one's opponent to the floor for a specified period 4. Hunting a. another word for deadfall b. (as modifier): a fall trap Fall the Theol Adam's sin of disobedience and the state of innate sinfulness ensuing from this for himself and all mankind fall [fȯl] (astronomy) Of a spacecraft or spatial body, to drop toward a spatial body under the influence of its gravity. (engineering) The minimum slope that is required to facilitate proper drainage of liquid inside a pipe. (mechanical engineering) The rope or chain of a hoisting tackle. (mining engineering) A mass of rock, coal, or ore which has fallen from the roof or side in any subterranean working or gallery. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Occasionally we would strike our heads against some projecting limb of a tree; and while imprudently engaged in rubbing the injured part, would fall sprawling amongst filthy fragments, cutting and bruising ourselves, whilst the unpitying waters flowed over our prostrate bodies. It was a long time ago, seven years ago, the fall of '97, when I saw the woman first time. Thus, if you order your men to roll up their buff-coats, and make forced marches without halting day or night, covering double the usual distance at a stretch, doing a hundred LI in order to wrest an advantage, the leaders of all your three divisions will fall into the hands of the enemy. |
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