Defn: In a fallible manner.
FALLING
Fall"ing, a. & n.
Defn: from Fall, v. i. Falling away, Falling off, etc. See To fall
away, To fall off, etc., under Fall, v. i.
— Falling band, the plain, broad, linen collar turning down over
the doublet, worn in the early part of the 17th century.
— Falling sickness (Med.), epilepsy. Shak.
— Falling star. (Astron.) See Shooting star.
— Falling stone, a stone falling through the atmosphere; a
meteorite; an aërolite.
— Falling tide, the ebb tide.
— Falling weather, a rainy season. [Colloq.] Bartlett.
FALLOPIAN
Fal*lo"pi*an, a. Etym: [From Fallopius, or Fallopio, a physician of
Modena, who died in 1562.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.
FALLOW Fal"low, a. Etym: [AS. fealu, fealo, pale yellow or red; akin to D. vaal fallow, faded, OHG. falo, G. falb, fahl, Icel. fölr, and prob. to Lith. palvas, OSlav. plavpallidus pale, pallere to be pale, Gr. palita. Cf. Pale, Favel, a., Favor.]
1. Pale red or pale yellow; as, a fallow deer or greyhound. Shak.
2. Etym: [Cf. Fallow, n.]
Defn: Left untilled or unsowed after plowing; uncultivated; as, fallow ground. Fallow chat, Fallow finch (Zoöl.), a small European bird, the wheatear (Saxicola ænanthe). See Wheatear.
FALLOW Fal"low, n. Etym: [So called from the fallow, or somewhat yellow, color of naked ground; or perh. akin to E. felly, n., cf. MHG. valgen to plow up, OHG. felga felly, harrow.]