falling
nounUK /ˈfɔːlɪŋ/ · US /ˈfɔlɪŋ/
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Noun from verb, Usually verbal noun of fall
- Epilepsies, or fallings and reelings, and beastly vomitings. The least of these, even when the tongue begins to be untied, is a degree of drunkenness.1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- downfalling, falling asleep, falling axe, falling-off, falling of the leaf, falling of the womb, falling rope, falling saw, falling-short, falling sickness, falling weather, falling wedge, infalling, intelligent falling, off-falling, outfalling