fell, a marsh, a fen. Drayton, Pol. iii. 113; see NED. (s.v. Fell, sb.2 2 b).
fell, gall, rancour. Spenser, F. Q. iii. 11. 2. L. fel, gall.
fell’ff, the ‘felloe’ of a wheel, part of the wheel-rim. Chapman, tr. Iliad, iv. 525. A Yorks. pron. of ‘felloe’ (EDD.). OE. felg.
fellowly, companionable, sympathetic. Temp. v. 1. 64; fellowlie, Tusser, Husbandry, § 10. 55.
felly, cruelly, fiercely. Spenser, F. Q. ii. 6. 50.
felness, fierceness, spite, anger. Spenser, F. Q. ii. 8. 37.
feltred, with wool matted close together; ‘Feltred ram’, Chapman, tr. Iliad, iii. 219; ‘His felter’d locks’, Fairfax, Tasso, iv. 7. See EDD. (s.v. Felter).
feme, feeme, a woman; ‘Take time therefore, thou foolish Feeme’, Turbervile, On the divers Passions of his Love, st. 3 from end. OF. feme (F. femme).
feminitee, womanhood. Spenser, F. Q. iii. 6. 51.
fennel, supposed to be an emblem of flattery; ‘How this smells of fennel’, B. Jonson, Case is Altered, i. 2 (Count F.). See Nares.