Fall

FALL, sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Eng. and Amer. Also
in forms fa Sc. Nhb.1; faal Nhb.1; fale Lin. (Hall.); fo
Cum.1 Wm.; faw Sc. (Jam.); vall Brks.1 Wil. w.Som.1
nw.Dev.1 [fǭl, fǭəl, fā.] 1. A fall of rain or snow,
a shower of rain, a snowstorm.
Per. When we lookit for a thaw, An' lowser weather, It's
gaitherin' for anither fa', As black as ever, Haliburton Ochil Idylls
(1891) 63. Oxf.1 Fall of rain, snow, &c. Wil. 'Tis a unked road
to kep to in a vall, is the downs road, Ashen Faggot, 279; (G.E.D.)
w.Som.1 The bullicks be urning, there'll be a vall vore long. nw.Dev.1
2. Autumn; gen. in phr. fall of the leaf, fall of the year.
Kcd. It was in the fall of the year, The weather being calm and
clear, Jamie Muse (1844) 16. Ayr. Both in the spring and in the
fall, Galt Ann. Parish (1821) viii. Dmf. I' the fa' o' a far aff year,
When the leaf on the beech was broon an' sere, Thom Jock o'
Knowe (1878) 3. Gall. But in the fall of the year the White Death
came to Dour, Crockett Bog-Myrtle (1895) 23. Nhb.1 Wm. Auld
Mattha Lound et skifted fra oor quarter last fo', Spec. Dial. (1880)
pt. ii. 42. w.Yks. Them apples 'ill ripen wi' fall (W.F.); w.Yks.2;
w.Yks.4 Spring and fall. Chs.1, Stf.1 Lin. The fellers as maäkes
them picturs, 'ud coom at the fall o' the year, Tennyson Owd Roä
(1889). n.Lin. When boggard cums i' fall, Peacock Tales and
Rhymes (1886) 69; n.Lin.1, Nhp.1, War.2 War.4, s.War.1 Shr.1 Ah! poor
fellow, 'e's despert wek; 'e'll 'ardly see o'er the fall o' the lef;
Shr.2, Glo.1 Glo.2, Oxf.1, Brks.1 Sur. Jennings Field Paths (1884) 38;
Sur.1 Sus.1 I have the ague every spring and fall; Sus.2 Hmp.
(H.E.); Hmp.1 The time of cutting timber. I.W. (J.D.R.), Wil.
(G.E.D.) Dor.1 The leaves... So green, in fall be under foot, 119.
Som. She purchased it last fall, Raymond Tryphena (1895) 52; To
think as I zhould be courted... an' be meanen', an' plannen'
t'leave her come next fall, Leith Lemon Verbena (1895) 82. w.Som.1
Dev. Mother spinned the wool last fall, O'Neill Dimpses (1893) 16.
n.Dev. Tu the fall of the year, Chanter Witch (1896) 4. nw.Dev.1
[Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 341, 343.]
Hence Fall-rains, sb. pl. autumn rains.
Dev. We must have the shed thatched afore the fall-rains come
on, Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls (1896) 227.
3. The falling down of the roof or stone in a pit.
Nhb.1 Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849).
4. A yeaning of lambs. Cf. fell, sb.4 10.
w.Yks.1 I've a fairish fall of lambs to-year. Brks.1 A good ‘vall
o' lambs’ signifies a good breeding time. Nrf. Have ye had many
lambs ta'year? ─ Yis; a nicish fall (W.R.E.). Wil. There's a good
fall of lambs to-year (G.E.D.). Dor. The forward ewes were kept
apart from those among which the fall of lambs would be later,
Hardy Madding Crowd (1874) v.
5. A portion of growing underwood ready to fell or cut.
Ken. (G.B.); Ken.1
6. The quantity of trees felled at one time in a certain place.
Cum.1 Fo' o' wood. w.Yks. N. & Q. (1852) 1st S. v. 250. n.Lin.1
Fall of timber. Lei.1, War.3, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 A grand fall theer'll
be, fur 'is poor owd nuncle ŏŏdna 'ave a sprig touched in 'is time.
7. A valley, ‘hanger’; in pl. the cliff-sides.
w.Yks. The jay... occurs in some of the large falls or hangers,
Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 143. Nrf. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1885)
31. Hmp.1
8. A woman's veil.
w.Yks. (J.W.); The women-singers had white falls, Snowden
Web Weaver (1896) ii. Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884)
327. n.Lin.1, e.Lin. (G.G.W.) s.Lin. You'd better ha'e y'r fall,
mum, or th' sun'll bon y'r faäce (T.H.R.). War.2, Glo.1 Oxf.1 Put
yer fall down, MS. add. Dor. Pull down your fall first, Hardy
Mayor of Casterbridge (ed. 1895) 36. w.Som.1 Kèod-n zee ur fae·us,
kuz uur-d u-guut· u fau·l oa·vur·n [I could not see her face, because
she had a vail over him (it)].
9. A necktie. Cf. falling-band.
War.2 When this word occurs in old works it usually means
a kind of ruff or band for the neck. Mid. His red satin fall and
mock-diamond pin, Blackmore Kit (1890) I. iii.
10. The distance over which a measuring-rod ‘falls,’ esp.
a square measure, gen. = 6 ells square.
Sc. 1/160 of a Scotch acre, as the perch is of the English acre,
Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863); A measure nearly equal to an E.
perch or rood; including six ells square (Jam.). Ayr. It was a lang
siller she wanted for the hoose and twa fa' of ground at the back
o't, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 118; A patch of some five or
six falls of ground for a garden, Galt Sir A. Wylie (1822) i. Lnk.
A fall of ground converted into drills will produce plants sufficient
for transplanting 3 or 4 acres, Stephens Farm Bk. (ed. 1845) II.
68. Lan. Richard Dickinson came and took 20 falls of delving off
Walkden Diary (ed. 1866) 103; A fall of land varies in different
parts of the country. It is a square perch; statute measure it contains
30¼ square yards; seven yards measure 49 yards, seven and
a half yards measure 56¼ yards; and according to the Cheshire
measure 64 yards, WALKDEN Diary 30.
11. mining term: the rope for a set of blocks.
Nhb.1 A ‘block fall,’ or a ‘taickle fall.’ In a pumping pit a fall is
used for lifting portions of the pumping arrangements during repairs.
12. mining term: the bucket in a pump, which opens and
shuts to allow the passage of water; also called Clack-fall.
Mining Gl. Newc. Terms (1852); Nhb.1
13. Any kind of trap for catching animals; a snare.
Sc. Short for fall-trap, faw-trap. Any kind of mouse-trap is still
called a mouse-faw; of rat-trap, ratton-faw, &c. (Jam. Suppl.) Rnf.
The cat, tho' ane fell in wi' it, They hae a chance by speed o' fit,
To hie them quickly frae her paw; But hardly ane survives a fa',
Picken Poems (1813) I. 65. Edb. Traps you 'mang the sudden fa's
O' winter's dreary dreepin snaws, Fergusson Poems (1773) 142,
ed. 1785.
14. Comp. Fall-door, a trap-door.
n.Lin.1 w.Som.1 To a new fall-door to seller and fixin, vind inguns,
nals, scrues, two cote pant, 18s., Tradesman's Bill, Jan. 1885.
15. Low-lying, wet, marshy land.
Lin.1 We shall get no crop off the fall to-year.
16. Lot, fate, fortune.
Abd. O Charlie, man, black be your fa', Robb's Poems (1852)
103. Rnf. I am her father's gardner lad, And poor, poor is my fa',
Rnf. Harp (1819) 162. Lnk. I'll be thine, gin ye'll be mine, Whate'er
my fa' may be, Lemon St. Mungo (1844) 15. Edb. Sic be their fa'
wha dirk their ben In blackest business nae their ain, Fergusson
Poems (1773) 140, ed. 1785. Dmf. This fa', whatever may befa',
Shall be frae heart an'saul the prayer, Thom Jock o' Knowe (1878) 46.
17. Rent; share, portion.
Sc. There without strife Got settled for life An hundred a
year for his fa', man, Ritson Sc. Poems (1794) II. 65 (Jam.). Abd.
Frae 'mang the beasts his honour got his fa', And got but little siller,
or nane ava, Ross Helenore (1768) 20, ed. 1812.
18. The divisions of a large arable field, attached to a
village.
n.Cy. Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 155; N.Cy.1 Annually cultivated
in a rotation of crops. Nhb.1
Hence Fa' and fa' about, phr. in alternating order; see
below.
Nhb.1 The portions of the holders in a ‘field’ under the old system
of tillage, in which the strips, called falls, were said to lie‘ fa' and
fa' about.’
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FALL, v. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. and Aus.
[fǭl, fǫəl, fā, fǭ.] I. Gram. forms. 1. Present Tense
(1) Fa, (2) Faa, (3) Faal, (4) Fau, (5) Faw, (6) Fo, (7)
Foa, (8) Foal, (9) Fole, (10) Fuo·h'l, (11) Vaal, (12) Vale,
(13) Vall, (14) Vole. [For further examples see II below.]
(1) Sc. Whose distant roaring swells and fa's, Scott Midlothian
(1818) Introd. Abd. Dinna tak' me up till I fa', Alexander Johnny
Gibb (1871) xxviii. Ant. A daeny want to fa' oot wi' ye, Ballymena
Obs. (1892). Nhb. I'm not a bairn to fa', Clare Love of Lass (1890)
I. 63. n.Yks.1 Lan. It's a queer place to fa' asleep in, Westall
Birch Dene (1889) II. 48. (2) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204. Nhb.1 Did
ye faa? Cum.1 (3) Nhb.1 (4) s.Chs.1 80. Der.1, nw.Der.1 (5) Sc.
The fint a crum of thee she faws, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724)
I. 94, ed. 1871; (Jam.) Cum. He couldn't see owt ther was to
hinder t'watter fra fawin', Gwordie Greenup Anudder Batch (1873)
11; Cum.1 w.Yks.1 Flaid shoe sud faw an breck her neck, ii. 287.
e.Lan. Nine sticks, nine stones, Shall be o' thy bones If thou let
Nanny Cock-a-Thaw faw, N. & Q. (1866) 3rd S. ix. 87. Chs.1 Chs.2,
s.Chs.1 (6) Nhb.1, Cum.1 Wm. If she fo a second time her sway
then leads dawn to misery, Hutton Bran New Wark (1785) l. 448.
Lan. We'st fo together, Brierley Waverlow (1863) 56, ed. 1884.
n.Lan. Mind that barn dusn't fo' off t'chair. e.Lan.1, m.Lan.1 (7)
Lan. Awn noan feeurt o' foain, Scholes Tim Gamwattle (1857) 4.
Der.1 (8) Abd. (9) w.Yks. Foəl, Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 139.
Not.1 (10) m.Yks.1 Introd. 34. (11) w.Som. Elworthy Gram.
(1877) 46. n.Dev. Rock Jim an' Nell (1867) st. 120. (12) Wxf.1
Vale a danceen. (13) Wxf.1 Wil. Slow Gl. (1892). w.Som.1, Dev.1
n.Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 449. (14) Wxf.1
2. Preterite: (1) Faad, (2) Faell, (3) Faud, (4) Fawd,
(5) Fel, (6) Fil, (7) Vaa·l, Vaa·ld, (8) Vau·ld.
(1) Nhb.1 Aa faad clean doon. (2) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 204.
(3) s.Chs.1 80. (4) s.Chs.1 (5) m.Yks.1 Introd. 34. w.Yks. Wright
Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 139. s.Chs.1 80. Shr.1 We fellen, the
par on us, as we wun runnin' down the bonk. (6) m.Yks.1 Introd.
34. (7) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 46. (8) w.Som.1 The
forms ‘fell’ and ‘fallen’ are unknown.
3. Pp. (1) Faan, (2) Faen, (3) Falled, (4) Fa'n, (5)
Fao·h'lu'n, (6) Faud, (7) Faun, (8) Fawd, (9) Fawn, (10)
Felled'n, (11) Fellen, (12) Foan, (13) Foean, (14) Foəln,
(15) Foen, (16) Fon, (17) Fone, (18) Fown, (19) Fuo·h'lu'n,
(20) Vaa'l, Vaa'ld, (21) Valled.
(1) Sc. Leddy Penfeather had fa'an ill, Scott St. Ronan (1824)
ii; Murray Dial. (1873) 204. Nhb.1 Aa felt nowt till efter aa'd
faan. Cum.1 (2) Frf. w.Yks. Shoo's fa'en in, N. & Q. (1854) 1st S.
x. 210. (3) n.Lin.1 Jim's fall'd doon an' ho'ten his sen. Dev. I fancy
he's fall'd away, Reports Provinc. (1883) 84. (4) n.Yks.1 (5) m.Yks.1 Introd. 34.
(6) s.Chs.1 Trans., 80. (7) Frf. I canna guess how here
I've faun'’, Sands Poems (1833) 93. Lnk. He's faun against the
hallen, Watt Poems (1827) 65. e.Lth. The doug had faun behind
the three, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 42. Gall. New-faun snaw,
Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 43, ed. 1897. w.Yks.1 T'rain hez faun
seea mich i' planets, ii. 289. Lan. It's faun daun out o' t'sky, an
brokken it little neck, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) I. 90.
s.Chs.1 Intrans., 80. nw.Der.1, Shr.1 (8) s.Chs.1 Trans. (9) Cum.
And to their stint the becks are fawn, West Guide to Lakes (1780)
304, ed. 1807. Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Intrans. nw.Der.1 (10) s.Pem. (E.D.)
(11) s.Chs.1 Intrans. (12) Cum. I'se o' foan frae my coat six inch or
mair, Gilpin Pop. Poetry (1875) 49. (13) Wm. Anudthre chap..
hed foean doon yan o' thor grikes, Spec. Dial. (1885) pt. iii. 11.
(14) w.Yks. Wright Gram. Wndhll. (1892) 139. (15) Cum.1 (16)
Lan. Aw'd sauner th' owd church had fo'n, Clegg David's Loom
(1894) xvii. n.Lan.1 (17) Lan. She'd fone into idle and dirty ways,
Eavesdropper Vill. Life (1869) 2; The'n fone feawly short o' that,
Walker Plebeian Pol. (1796) 16, ed. 1801. (18) Lan. It got noised
about that Daniel's fairy had ‘fown eawt’ with him, Bowker Tales
(1882) 57. (19) m.Yks.1 Introd. 34. (20) w.Som. Elworthy Gram.
(1877) 46. (21) w.Som.1
II. Dial. uses. 1. Of the sea: to grow calm.
Or.I. The sky cleared up, and the sea ‘fell,’ as 'tis usually termed
when the water becomes less agitated, Vedder Sketches (1832) 26.
2. Of animals: to be born. Cf. fall, sb. 4.
Hrt. The calf is lately fell, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. i. w.Som.1
How old is he? ─ Dree year off; he valled 'pon Mayday day.
nw.Dev.1 Only applied to colts.
3. Of lime or clay: to be disintegrated by exposure to
moisture or frost; to be slaked, reduced to powder.
Kcd. It... is laid down in cartloads on the end ridges of the
field, where it remains till it has fallen, Agric. Surv. 373 (Jam.).
n.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 Is't lime faun (or ‘fallen’)? Chs.1 Chs.3, nw.Der.1
4. Of fruit when cooked: to become soft and tender.
n.Lin. These apples never duz fall (M.P.). sw.Lin. (R.E.C.)
5. To befall, betide; to happen, occur.
Sc. ‘Foul faw the liars!’ a kind of imprecation used by one who
means strongly to confirm an assertion he has made (Jam.). Mry.
Wae fa' ye! I canna forgie ye! Hay Lintie (1851) 24. Kcd. The
man wha'd misca' them Deserves ─ an' sae fa' him ─ A cudgel to
wallop his hide, Grant Lays (1884) 145. Abd. What is to fa' will
neither o' them skaith, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 139. Frf. Fair fa'
ye Kett, ye thump it weel, Morison Poems (1790) 26. Fif. French
brandy is but trash (shame fa't!), Gray Poems (1811) 160. Rnf.
Sonse fa' your honest heart, an' true, Picken Poems (1813) I. 146.
Ayr. Shame fa' the gear, and the blethrie o't, Service Dr. Duguid
(ed. 1887) 258. Lnk. Foul fa' the Auld Thief for that sinning o't,
Rodger Poems (1838) 101, ed. 1897. Edb. Shame fa' his pride,
Forbes Poems (1812) 62. Dmf. I pledged my soul upon the spot,
Whatever fate micht fa', Reid Poems (1894) 131. Gall. Shame fa'
me but ye ding them a', Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 58, ed. 1897.
Cum. A buik there is ─ a buik ─ the neame ─ shem faw't! Relph
Harvest (1743) l. 77. n.Yks.1 Lan. Foul fa' thy busy tongue, Roby
Trad. (1829) II. 144, ed. 1872. e.Suf. A thunderstorm fell on my
birthday (F.H.).
6. To become, turn, change into.
Sh.I. Guid gaird my sowl, boy! I tink doo's faa'n a füle, Burgess
Sketches (2nd ed.) 20.
7. To ‘fall’ with child, become pregnant. Sc. (Jam.), N.Cy.1
8. To be under the necessity, to ‘have to,’ to be obliged;
to be due; to fall to one's duty.
Sc. At Mouline (where you may fall to dine) enquire for the
monastery, Balfour Lett. (1750) 84 (Jam.). w.Yks. The chickens
fall to be hatched next week, Sheffield Indep. (1874). Not.1 You
fole to have it. n.Lin. Corn that boggard falls to maw, Peacock
Tales and Rhymes (1886) 70; n.Lin.1 Mester's sent fer me, soä I shall
fall to goä. What time duz th' packit fall to cum? When Tom went
to prison, his mother fell to keep his bairns. sw.Lin.1 That close
falls to be wheat this turn. That key does not fall to open it. He
fell to come yesterday. Any goose falls to lay by Old Candlemas Day
─ in allusion to the saying: ‘New Candlemas Day, good goose
will lay: Old Candlemas Day, any goose will lay.’
9. Used impers.: to fall as a duty.
Edb. To treat her wi a glass o' wine, It weel me fa's, or I'm
mistane, Twa Cuckolds (1796) 10. w.Yks. It falls to be, Piper Dial.
Sheffield (1824) 17; w.Yks.2
10. Of timber, &c.: to fell, cut down.
N.I.1 Chs.1 We always speak of falling timber; or falling a hedge;
Chs.2 The men are falling trees. s.Chs.1 Dhai)m fauin treyz i)th
wùd [They'm fawin trees i'th' wood]. nw.Der.1, Lei.1 War.2 We
must fall that tree; War.3 To go timber falling. s.War.1 We must
fall that tree. s.Wor.1, se.Wor.1 Shr.1 The young squire says
when 'e comes of age 'e'll fall a sight o' timber. Glo. (A.B.), Glo.1
Oxf.1 MS. add. e.An.1 I shall fall that tree next spring. e.Suf.
(F.H.) Ess. I've got a brother and his business is falling trees, and
when he falls them his horse is that knowing (F.P.). Ken. (G.B.),
Ken.1, Sur.1 Sus.1 These trees are getting too thick, I shall fall a
few of them next year. Hmp. Holloway. [Aus. By falling a tree
or two across the road they'd have to go slower, Boldrewood
Robbery (1888) II. xv.]
Hence (1) Fallage, sb. a fall of light timber; (2) Faller,
sb. a feller of timber; (3) Falling-axe, (4) Falling-hatchet, sb.
an axe used for felling trees; (5) Falling-rope, sb. a rope used in
felling trees.
(1) Hrf. Coppices are usually retained by the owner, and previous to
the sale of their fallage an agreement [&c.], Marshall Review Agric.
(1818) II. 308. (2) Shr.1 The fallers bin on Esridge [Eastridge]
coppy agen. (3) w.Som.1 In this district we do not now fall or fell
our trees; we always [droa] throw them, but use a falling-axe.
(4) N.I.1 (5) Shr. A ‘falling rope,’ that is, a rope that men attach
to the top of a tree when they wish to cut it down, and so drag it
over in the direction they wish it to fall, Davies Rambles Sch. Field-Club
(1881) viii.
11. To let fall, throw down; to lower (the market-price).
Abd. Aul’ an' crazy though the beastie be, I'se asseer ye it was
aweers o' foalin' Samie i' the gutters, Alexander Johnny Gibb
(1871) xl. Wm. It's this Irish butter et cums fraeth awt lands, it's
a sham tae let it cum tae foe th' markets soa, Wheeler Dial. (1790)
54, ed. 1821. Chs.1 Now mind you don't faw it. s.Chs.1 Yoa)n
fau· dhaat· mùg [Yo'n faw that mug]. Shr.1 I should never trust
that child ŏŏth a lookin'-glass, 'er'll be sure to fall it. Hrf.1 She fell
the child. s.Pem. She've a felled'n down and broke'n all to pieces
(E.D.); Don't fall them eggs (W.M.M.).
Hence Falling-luck, sb. bad luck. Chs.1
12. To beat, excel.
Abd. Sae very few I find can fa' that ─ At least to me, Still
Cottar's Sunday (1845) 136.
13. To have fall to one's share, to obtain, win, gain.
Sc. How Marstig's daughter I may fa', Jamieson Pop. Ballads
(1806) I. 210. Ayr. Wha in a' the country round The best deserves
to fa' that? Burns Heron Ballads, st. 1; The violet's for modesty,
which weel she fa's to wear, Burns Posie, st. 6. Dmf. The brows wad
better fa' a crown, Cromek Remains (1810) 151; Aye baffled here
some ither whare Ye'll hae tae gang tae fa' that, Quinn Heather
(1863) 215. e.Yks. The proctor falleth a whole fleece, Best Rur.
Econ. (1641) 25. Der.1 He foes fifty pound [he falls to have £50;
£50 comes to his share]. In use, 1890. n.Lin.1 He fell a lot o'
munny when his uncle i' Sheffield deed. You neäd not good thy̆
sen up o' them apples cumin', thoo'll fall noäne on 'em. sw.Lin.1
She falls some money in April.
14. In negative sentences: (not) to have fall to one's
share, (not) to put up with, (not) to take in hand.
Sh.I. Folk canna fa ta be geein' him sweet mylk noo, Sh. News
(July 30, 1898). n.Sc. My lady cannot fa' sic servants as thee,
Fair Flower of Northumberland, Child's Ballads (1898) I. 116. Bch.
The gentles wis drinkin wine a fouth, tho' I might nae fa that,
Forbes Jrn. (1742) 18. Abd. Tho' ilka day I manno' fa' that, I
dinna vaunt, Beattie Parings (1801) 2, ed. 1873. Edb. To name
ilk book, I manna fa'; There's scores an' dizens in a ra', Forbes
Poems (1812) 14.
15. with Comb. prep., adv., &c.: (1) to fall aboard, to come
upon, attack; (2) fall about, of a woman: to be confined; (3)
fall abroad, to grow stouter, more sturdy, thick-set; also
used attrib. stout, flabby, fat; (4) fall ahint, to fall behind in
paying the rent, to fall into arrears; (5) fall away, to grow
thin, weak, to waste away, pine; (6) fall by, to be sick or
affected with any ailment; to be confined in child-bed;
(7) fall down, of arable land: to be allowed to relapse of itself
into poor, rough pasture; (8) fall in, (a) to sink in,
become hollow, to shrink in person; (b) of water: to subside;
(c) to become acquainted; to meet with, light upon,
prove successful in a quest; (9) fall in with, to meet with
by chance, happen upon; (10) fall o' (of), to abate; (11)
fall on, to begin, set to work; (12) fall over (or fall o'er), (a)
to fall asleep; (b) to be confined; (13) fall through, (a)
to bungle, blunder; to spoil, prevent by mismanagement;
(b) to lose, come short of; (14) fall till, to assail; (15) fall up,
to advance; (16) fall upon, to assault, attack violently.
(1) Dev.1 Batt... was skulking out o' door wan maester glimps'd
en and vell aboard en like a bull-dog, 14. (2) Wil.1 His wife bin
an' fell about laas' night. (3) Dor. When I come first, they said
I did fall abroad (C.V.G.). w.Som.1 Well, how Mr. Chardles is a-valled-abroad!
twadn on'y but tother day, I zim, a was a poor little
fuller, not wo'th rearin. Gurt, slack, knee-napped, vall-abroad
fuller, idn er? Dev. You'm altered; terrible fallen abroad, O'Neill
Idyls (1892) 83. n.Dev. Hur's vaaling all abroad, Rock Jim an'
Nell (1867) st. 120. nw.Dev.1 (4) Edb. The back-ga'en tenant fell
ahint, And could nae stand, Ha'rst Rig (1794) 18, ed. 1801. (5)
n.Sc. My puir laddie fell awa' in a decline, Gordon Carglen (1891)
205. n.Yks.1 Ah thinks Ah nivver seen a man sae failed afore;
he's fa'n awa' to nowght. Oxf.1 MS. add. Mid. When no one
came to meet me... I used to fall away, and feel my heart go dowr,
Blackmore Kit (1890) II. xvi. w.Som.1 I an't a-zeed 'ee's ever so
long; how you be a-valled away! you an't bin bad or ort, 'ave 'ee?
(6) Sc. (Jam.) (7) Wil. Some of the land is getting ‘turnip-sick,’
the roots come stringy and small and useless, so that many let it
‘vall down,’ Jefferies Gt. Estate (1880) i; Wil.1 (8, a) Sc. His
een's fa'n in. His cheeks are fa'n in (Jam.). Cai.1 w.Yks. Shoo's
fa'en in, N. & Q. (1854) 1st S. x. 210. (b) Sc. The water's sair
fa'n in (Jam.). (c) Cum. Fifty shwort years hae flown owre us sin'
furst we fell in at the fair, Anderson Ballads (1805) 163, ed. 1819.
n.Yks.1 I hear your brother's fa'n in weel. He'll be yamm by neeght,
if in case he fa's weel in at Stowsley. (9) Sc. I fell in, among the
rest, with a maist creditable elderly man, Steam-boat (1822) 178
(Jam.). Cai.1 s.Sc. When he fell in wi' Tibby Crawford, some o'
them said if they were her they wouldna tak' him, Wilson Tales
(1839) V. 53. Cum. Ah fell in wid Dick crossin t'holm (E.W.P.);
Cum.1 n.Yks. Ah fell in wiv him by chance (I.W.). Nhp.1 I fell
in with such a person. War.3 Oxf.1 As I wuz comin' from 'Amborough
I fell in wi' Edderd Brekspur, MS. add. Hnt. (T.P.F.)
(10) Abd. (Jam.) (11) Abd. Lord bless us an' our meat: Amen.
Now, Sirs, fa' on and eat, Beattie Parings (1801) 7, ed. 1873. Slk.
He'll never be sae daft as fa' on and court anither ane, Hogg Tales
(1838) 336, ed. 1866. (12, a) Sc. Ellen Hesketh came to my door
and wakened me. I had just fallen over, Reg. Dalton (1823) I. 286
(Jam.). Sh.I. I guid ta bed, bit fir lang I couldna get a blind... I da
lang run I fell ower, Sh. News (Jan. 29, 1898). Cai.1 Frf. The
sleepin' dear lamb o' an infant that had juist fa'en owre, Willock
Rosetty Ends (ed. 1889) 51. Rnf. Satisfied that I had ‘fallen over,’ she
tucked the bedclothes round me, Gilmour Pen Flk. (1873) 12. (b)
Sc. (Jam.) Frf. Cathrine falls o'er, and hame she brings anither
To help the number [of children], Morison Poems (1790) 191. (13, a)
Sc. It is said of a public speaker when he loses his recollection and
either stops entirely or speaks incoherently, ‘He fell through his
discourse.’ By her foolish airs, she's fa'n through her marriage
(Jam.). Per. The minstrel fairly tint his skill, For he fell through
ilk tune, Nicol Poems (1766) 51. (b) Sc. It is often said to a traveller,
who has arrived late, ‘I fear ye've fa'n through your dinner
between towns’ (Jam.). (14) Ayr. I fell till him wi' the strap, and
laid on him a' my pith till I was sweatin', Hunter Studies (1870)
280. (15) n.Dev. Horae Subsecivae (1777) 449; Grose (1790) MS.
add. (M.) (16) Oxf.1 Tarpot Uod·uurd u bin un fel uupun· Puod·nee
Gib·nz [Taypot 'Oŏdard 'a bin an' fell upon Pudd'ny Gibb'ns].
w.Som.1 Tidn no use vor he to zay nort, her'll vall pon un way the
poker or the bellises or ort. Your dog do vall pon mine so sure's
ever he do zee un.
16. phr. (1) Fall back, fall edge, come what, come may;
at all adventures; (2) to fall a-bones of any one, to attack,
assail; (3) fall a-pieces, to break in pieces; (4) fall by one's rest,
to be sleepless; (5) fall frae the gled, to be in disorder;
(6) fall frae the lift, to fall from the sky, used fig.;
(7) fall heavy, to die rich; (8) fall in hands wi' one, to
court, woo; (9) fall in twa, to be confined; (10) fall off one's
feet, to tumble, fall; (11) fall on the dram, to take a fit of
drinking; (12) fall over the desk, to have the banns of marriage
published in church; (13) fall to pieces, see fall in twa;
(14) fall to the ground, of lambs: to eat grass; (15) fall with
bairn, to become pregnant; (16) to let fall, to take notice of,
to make a ground of quarrel.
(1) w.Yks.1 Dev.1 Now vall back vall edge I'm fixed and quite
another thing, 59. (2) s.Chs.1 (3) Suf. I hadn't no more than put
the rake to the ground when it fell a pieces, e.An. Dy. Times (1892).
(4) Sc. (Jam.) (5) Sc. As a prey dropped by a hawk. Applied to a
slovenly female: ‘There's our Jennie as she had fa'n frae the gled’
(Jam. Suppl.). (6) Sc. Gen. used as an adv. (Jam. Suppl.) (7)
w.Yks. N. & Q. (1854) 1st S. x. 210. (8) Sc. (Jam.) (9) Rnf. She
fell in twa, wi' little din, An' hame the getlin' carry'd I' the creel
that day, Picken Poems (1788) 50 (Jam.). (10) Ayr. We... swung
aboot like peeries till our heads were soomin' and we were ready
to fa' aff our feet, Johnston Glenbuckie (1889) 176. (11) Ayr. They
fell on the dram, and raised a rippet some how, Hunter Studies
(1870) 51. (12) w.Cy. Grose (1790) Suppl. w.Som.1 Mae·uree,
zoa yùe-v u-vaa·ld oa·vur dhu dús·, aan-ee? [Mary, so you have had
your banns published, have you not?] n.Dev. To have the bannes
of matrimony thrice called ─ which being done, the minister in some
places was wont to throw the paper over his desk into the clarke's
pew, signifying that they were called out, as the phrase is, and that
the parties had nothing now to hinder the solemnization of their
marriage, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 449; And vath, nif's do vall over
the desk, twont thir ma, ner yeet borst ma bones, Exm. Crtshp.
(1746) l. 475. (13) n.Lin.1 She was to go to Ann weddin', bud as
it's been putten off, braade o' me, she'll fall to peäces her sen afoore
time cums. sw.Lin.1 She fell to pieces last night. She'll fall to
pieces before she gets there. (14) e.Yks. Let the ewe goe in a good.
pasture... five weekes after till the lambe fall to the grounde, Best
Rur. Econ. (1641) 5. (15) Sc. (Jam.) Rnf. Blear-e'ed Kate had
fa'n wi' bairn, Picken Poems (1813) II. 3. n.Lin.1 (16) Abd. I'll
swear I winna lat it fa', To see him sae misguided, Cock Strains
(1810) II. 134.
17. Comp. (1) Fall-back, a hindrance, contretemps; (2)
Fall-board, the wooden shutter of a window, that is not glazed,
which moves backwards and forwards on hinges or
latches; (3) Fall-cap, a stuffed cap for a child's head to protect
it, when falling; (4) Fall-gate, a gate across a public road;
(5) Fall-out, a quarrel, disagreement; (6) Fall-sheets, metal plates
upon which tubs are turned when it is required to take
them on another line of rails; (7) Fall-stile, a peculiar kind
of stile, having the horizontal bars fixed at one end and
movable at the other, giving way to the pressure of the
foot and springing up again after the person has passed over;
cf. clap-stile; (8) Fall-table, a table with a falling leaf or flap.
(1) Glo.1 (2) w.Sc. The old woman pulling a pair of fall-boards
belonging to a window instantly opened [it], Blackw. Mag. (June
1820) 281 (Jam.). (3) n.Sc. (Jam.) (4) Chs.1 Chs.3 Nrf. Grose (1790).
e.Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787). (5) Cum. (E.W.P.), n.Lin.1
(6) Dur. (J.J.B.) (7) War.3 This form of stile is rare in War. (8)
n.Lin.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1
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FALL, sb. s.Wor. In phr. a fall of weather, a downpour,
a fall of rain or snow. Also in comb. Falling weather.
(H.K.)
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FALL, v. Sc. Cum. Yks. Lan. Dev. Cor. 1. In phr.
(1) to fall abroad, to become fat or stout; (2) fall across, to
come across, to meet; (3) fall in for, to get, obtain, receive;
(4) fall in two, to be confined; (5) fall over, to fall asleep;
(6) fall together, to break down in health; (7) fall up, of the
floor in a coal-mine raised by the action of gas: to rise up;
(8) fall upon, to tamper with; to pilfer; (9) fall with, to go
to ruin or waste.
(1) Cor. Hammond Parish (1897) 339. (2) Cum. (E.W.P.)
(3) n.Yks. He fell in for £100 legacy. He fell in for wark seean
(I.W.). (4, 5) I.W. (6) Dev. It wasn't till after Farmer Burden
took the lad on as carter... that mother regular fell together,
Zack Dunstable Weir (1901) 180. (7) Lan. (S.O.A.) (8) Sh.I.
‘Wis hit wan ounce or twa [of tobacco]?’‘ Wan, Aandrew. A'm
faerd ta tak' 'at hit's fa'n apon,’ Sh. News (Apr. 29, 1899). (9)
Abd. (G.W.)
2. Comp. (1) Fall-hole, a pool under a mill-dam; the
place where the water falls over the mill-dam. n.Yks
(I.W.); (2) Fall-over, a falling of the water at a dam. I.W.