faller

[faw-ler]

fall·er

[faw-ler]
noun
1.
a person or thing that falls.
2.
any of various devices that operate by falling.
3.
Textiles. a device for cleaning, straightening, and separating fibers during combing of worsted stock, consisting of a series of metal pins set into a rectangular bar or rod.
4.
a logger hired to cut down trees; feller.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see fall, -er1
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Faller is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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faller (ˈfɔːlə)
 
n
1.  any device that falls or operates machinery by falling, as in a spinning machine
2.  one that falls, esp a horse that falls at a fence in a steeplechase
3.  (US), (Canadian) a person who fells trees

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