Crossword clues for felly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Felly \Fel"ly\, adv.
In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.
--Spenser.
Felly \Fel"ly\, n.; pl. Fellies. [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. [Written also felloe.]
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. The outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes. Etymology 2
adv. (context now rare English) fiercely, harshly.
WordNet
n. rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted [syn: felloe]
Usage examples of "felly".
The outer end of the spokes is received into the deep mortise of the wooden fellies, and the structure appears to be complete.
Whom so dismayd when Cambell had espide,Againe he droue at him with double might,That nought mote stay the steele, till in his sideThe mortall point most cruelly empight:Where fast infixed, whilest he sought by slightIt forth to wrest, the staffe a sunder brake,And left the head behind: with which despightHe all enrag'd, his shiuering speare did shake,And charging him a fresh thus felly him bespake.
At last when they were passed out of sight,Yet she did not her spightfull speach forbeare,But after them did barke, and still backbite,Though there were none her hatefull words to heare:Like as a curre doth felly bite and teareThe stone, which passed straunger at him threw.
Both times, the felly begged for a hundred and one lashes instead.
The ruts of the road had bestowed on the wheels, the fellies, the hub, the axle, and the shaft, a layer of mud, a hideous yellowish daubing hue, tolerably like that with which people are fond of ornamenting cathedrals.
Murdoch could get it back into the can, it run down to the end there, and there was a felly sitting drinking a Tom Collins and minding his own business.