Vocabulary : Falcula to Fall
Falcula : A curved and sharp-pointed claw.
Falculate : Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.
Faldage : A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
Faldfee : A fee or rent paid by a tenant for the privilege of faldage on his own ground.
Falding : A frieze or rough-napped cloth.
Faldistory : The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
Faldstool : A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church.
Falernian : Of or pertaining to Mount Falernus, in Italy; as, Falernianwine.
Falk : The razorbill.
Fall : To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer. ;; To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees. ;; To find a final outlet; to discharge its waters; to empty; -- with into; as, the river Rhone falls into the Mediterranean. ;; To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle. ;; To cease to be active or strong; to die away; to lose strength; to subside; to become less intense; as, the wind falls. ;; To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals. ;; To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points. ;; To be overthrown or captured; to be dest
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