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Definition of Felly
1. Noun. Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted.
Definition of Felly
1. adv. In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.
2. n. The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes.
Definition of Felly
1. Noun. The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes. ¹
2. Adverb. (rare) Fiercely, harshly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felly
1. a felloe [n -LIES] - See also: felloe
Medical Definition of Felly
1. Origin: OE. Feli, felwe, felow, AS. Felg, felge; akin to D. Velg, G. Felge, OHG. Felga felly (also, a harrow, but prob. A different word), Dan. Felge. The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes. Alternative forms: felloe] "Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felly
Literary usage of Felly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The felly rests on two steel straight-edges, which afford it only two resting
places, establishing the height of each hole uniformly from the face of the ..."
2. Modern Mechanism: Exhibiting the Latest Progress in Machines, Motors, and by D. Appleton and Company (1892)
"The center guide or rest between the two cutter heads, on which the felly rests,
can be raised or lowered at will during the operation of rounding. ..."
3. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1898)
"felly v. Royal Exchange Assurance Co., BUT. 846. *This is a common policy of
insurance in the old and [* 345] ordinary form; and it must be understood as ..."
4. The Jurist by Great Britain, Great Britain Courts (1850)
"... and WB BRETT, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barristers at Law. л t -oLD -in _»/H.
felly HIN-ПК, Esq. of the Queen's Bench Bau Court ..."
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