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Design feature or practice
In engineering, a fail-safe is a design feature or practice that, in the event of a failure of the design feature, inherently responds in a way that will
Fail-safe
1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet
Fail Safe is a 1964 American Cold War political thriller film directed and produced by Sidney Lumet, adapted by Walter Bernstein from the 1962 novel by
Fail_Safe_(1964_film)
Topics referred to by the same term
A fail-safe describes a device which, if or when it fails, will cause a minimum of harm. Fail-safe may also refer to: Fail-Safe (novel), a 1962 novel
Fail-safe_(disambiguation)
1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
Fail-Safe is a bestselling American novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. Expanded from Wheeler's short story "Abraham '59" (originally published
Fail-Safe_(novel)
2000 American television thriller film directed by Stephen Frears
Fail Safe is a 2000 televised broadcast play, directed by Stephen Frears and based on Fail-Safe, the Cold War novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
Fail_Safe_(2000_film)
American film
by JT Mollner and written by Brian Duffield, based on the short story "Fail-Safe" by Philip Fracassi. It stars Brie Larson, Kyle Gallner, Willa Fitzgerald
Skeletons_(upcoming_film)
Engineering discipline
inherently fail-safe. It generally involves designing a given system in such a way that its failure modes are not catastrophic. Inherent fail-safes are common
Safety_engineering
Door locking device
devices can be either "fail safe" or "fail secure". A fail-secure locking device remains locked when power is lost. Fail-safe locking devices are unlocked
Electromagnetic_lock
Resilience of systems to component failures or errors
tolerance to create their NonStop systems with uptimes measured in years. Fail-safe architectures may encompass also the computer software, for example by
Fault_tolerance
1958 English-language fiction book by Peter George
[citation needed] Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler's later best-seller, Fail-Safe, so closely resembled Red Alert in its premise that George sued on the
Red_Alert_(novel)
1964 film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Strangelove, Stanley Kubrick learned that Fail Safe, a film with a similar theme, was being produced. Although Fail Safe was to be an ultrarealistic thriller
Dr._Strangelove
Not meeting a desired or intended objective
major damage, destruction or death Error – Incorrect or inaccurate action Fail-safe – Design feature or practice Failure analysis – Process of collecting
Failure
Season of television series
spans over 2 or more episodes. Sky One aired "Fail Safe" before "Summit" and "Last Stand", although "Fail Safe" follows the two-parter plotwise. Showtime
Stargate_SG-1_season_5
Coffin allowing the occupant to signal that they are still alive
assistants had been buried alive ended badly when the signalling systems failed. Luckily, the breathing tube had activated and the assistant was disinterred
Safety_coffin
Book by Harry Browne
Fail-Safe Investing: Lifelong Financial Security in 30 Minutes is a personal finance book written by American investment analyst and politician Harry
Fail-Safe_Investing
Software security techniques
to those provided by GCC and Microsoft Visual Studio. Fail-Safe C is an open-source memory-safe ANSI C compiler that performs bounds checking based on
Buffer_overflow_protection
2000 aviation accident in the Pacific Ocean
considered, and no "fail-safe" provisions were needed. For this design component to be approved ("certified") by the FAA without any fail-safe provision, a failure
Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261
Concept in nuclear military strategy
trigger such retaliation.[citation needed] The term fail-deadly was coined as a contrast to fail-safe. Fail-deadly can refer to specific technology components
Fail-deadly
Rail traffic control systems used in Norway
one of the green lights in signal 22 fails, the indication becomes the lower speed signal 21 – this is fail-safe. Other nearby countries reverse the role
Norwegian_railway_signalling
American actor (1916–1990)
Men (1957), North by Northwest (1959), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Fail Safe (1964), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Patton (1970) and The Verdict
Edward_Binns
Irish actor (1919–2005)
Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe (1954), Brigadier General Warren A. Black in Fail Safe (1964), Marshal Ney in Waterloo (1970), Conal Cochran in Halloween III:
Dan_O'Herlihy
Safety principle in transport engineering
alternative design philosophies like fail-safe design and fault-tolerant design were developed. One way the safe-life approach is planning and envisaging
Safe-life_design
American actor (1931–2012)
of Jeannie. Hagman had supporting roles in numerous films, including Fail-Safe, Harry and Tonto, S.O.B., Nixon, and Primary Colors. His television appearances
Larry_Hagman
American filmmaker (1924–2011)
(1962), Long Day's Journey into Night (1962), The Pawnbroker (1964), Fail Safe (1964), The Hill (1965), Serpico (1973), Murder on the Orient Express
Sidney_Lumet
American actor (1920–2000)
Presley vehicle King Creole (1958), Stanley Donen's romance Charade (1963), Fail Safe (1964), Gene Kelly's musical Hello, Dolly! (1969), Elaine May's screwball
Walter_Matthau
American actor (1918–1967)
Sheriff Heck Tate in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), and General Bogan in Fail Safe (1964). Overton was born in Babylon, New York on March 12, 1918. Overton's
Frank_Overton
Safety system for tower cranes
cranes in France. In 2011, Hong Kong introduced a "Code of Practice for the Safe Use of Tower Cranes" and Singapore introduced a "Workplace Safety and Health
Tower crane anti-collision system
Tower_crane_anti-collision_system
Electric switch type
contactor control circuit, or as an input to a programmable logic controller. Fail-Safe Wiring: In safety-critical applications, such as end-of-travel stops for
Limit_switch
American actor (born 1947)
Independence Day (1996), Air Force One (1997), Thirteen Days (2000), Fail Safe (2000), and Eagle Eye (2008).[citation needed] He has made many guest
Bill_Smitrovich
Indian reality and stunt television series
two contestants among them by mutual decision. ^ The Undercover Agent is safe from elimination until his/her identity is discovered. He/she can give disadvantage
Khatron_Ke_Khiladi_13
American actor (1955–2017)
2000, Ferrer was slated to appear in the CBS live television play of Fail Safe alongside his cousin George Clooney. Cast in the role of U.S. Air Force
Miguel_Ferrer
Device that reacts to the loss of the operator
as in computer software. These switches are usually used as a form of fail-safe where they stop a machine with no operator from a potentially dangerous
Dead_man's_switch
American writer and political scientist
novelist, and non-fiction writer, co-author of The Ugly American (1958), Fail-Safe (1962), and author of The 480 (1965). He was born in Sheldon, Iowa, the
Eugene_Burdick
American actor (1930–1994)
appeared in the films Black Like Me, A Fine Madness, What's Up, Doc? and Fail Safe. Aside from his film roles, he appeared on numerous television shows such
Sorrell_Booke
Electromechanical door lock allowing remote access control via an electrical signal
are generally available in two configurations: Fail-secure. Also called fail-locked or non-fail safe. In this configuration, applying electric current
Electric_strike
Railway safety system
driver of the restrictive signal aspect they passed. As a fail-safe mechanism, if the driver fails to press the AWS acknowledgement button for a warning indication
Automatic_Warning_System
American actress
– August 2, 1995) was an American actress. She appeared in the films Fail Safe (1964), The Anderson Tapes (1971) and Night Moves (1975). She appeared
Janet_Ward
State of being protected from danger
company – Type of company Safety engineering – Engineering discipline Fail-safe – Design feature or practice Poka-yoke – Process that helps an equipment
Safety
Swedish railway signalling system
in reverse with more green lights meaning slower the aspects are not fail safe, so lamp proving is needed to prevent lamp failure giving a faster aspect
Swedish_railway_signalling
American actor (born 1950)
The West Wing, and The John Larroquette Show. In 2000, he appeared in Fail Safe, which aired live on television. Between 2002 and 2004, he portrayed General
John_Diehl
American actor (1933–2009)
appeared in comedic parts, although an early appearance in the movie Fail-Safe as a nervous USAF technical sergeant showed a broader range. His first
Dom_DeLuise
Open-source e-mail spam filter
Apache License, this free software offers a wide range of functions and a fail-safe, clusterable architecture. Rspamd was founded in May 2008 by Vsevolod
Rspamd
British film director and producer (born 1941)
work on various television programmes, including the television films Fail Safe (2000), The Deal (2003), and Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013). He
Stephen_Frears
Electronic timer used to detect and recover from computer malfunctions
are often used to activate fail-safe circuitry. When activated, the fail-safe circuitry forces all control outputs to safe states (e.g., turns off motors
Watchdog_timer
List of works by American filmmaker Sidney Lumet
(1957); the Holocaust drama The Pawnbroker (1964); the Cold War thriller Fail Safe (1964); the crime dramas Serpico (1973) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975);
Sidney_Lumet_filmography
American actor (1926–2016)
Chalk Garden (1958). On screen, he made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's Fail Safe (1964), and appeared in Marathon Man (1976), Black Sunday (1977), Demon
Fritz_Weaver
System which must be highly reliable
example, airplanes are fail-operational because they must be able to fly even if some components fail. Fail-safe — must safely shut down in case of single
Critical_system
Book by John Gall
which the system is connected. The Fail-Safe Theorem: when a fail-safe system fails, it fails by failing to fail safe. The Vector Theory of Systems: systems
Systemantics
System which reports likely failures
culture, i.e. "Fail fast, fail often." Crash-only software Design by contract Failing badly vs. failing well Fail-safe Fail-stop Fail-silent system Khanna
Fail-fast_system
American aviation regulatory document
safety objective of aviation system design. Fail-Safe Design Concept This AC presents the FAA Fail-Safe Design Concept, which applies basic objectives
AC_25.1309-1
2021 American film
being asked to recollect events. Stella concludes that Meade planted a fail-safe into Jenn's mind. In a dream, Jenn remembers a house address and Meade
Hypnotic_(2021_film)
Doctrine of military strategy
missile silos, ballistic missile submarines, and nuclear bombers kept at fail-safe points) and to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. This MAD scenario is
Mutually_assured_destruction
Welsh author and former air officer (1924–1966)
for as little as $3,500. Another bestselling novel published in 1962, Fail Safe, was so similar to George's nuclear war theme that both he and Kubrick
Peter_George_(author)
episode order on the DVDs. Sky One aired "Fail Safe" before "Summit" and "Last Stand", although "Fail Safe" follows the two-parter plotwise. Showtime
List of Stargate SG-1 episodes
List_of_Stargate_SG-1_episodes
1983 American television film by Nicholas Meyer
about an act of nuclear terrorism. On the Beach (1959 film) Fail Safe (1964 film) Fail Safe (2000 TV film) Dr. Strangelove, a 1964 satirical black comedy
The_Day_After
Season of television series
weeks where the pointless romantic drama or the conflict with Vandal Savage failed to inspire much excitement, the memorable character dynamics made this show
Legends_of_Tomorrow_season_1
American actor (1905–1982)
In Harm's Way, and Battle of the Bulge. In the Cold War suspense film Fail-Safe (1964), Fonda played the President of the United States who tries to avert
Henry_Fonda
Train protection system in North America
continuously calculates a maximum safe braking curve for upcoming speed restrictions. If the train exceeds the safe braking curve then the brakes are
Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System
Advanced_Civil_Speed_Enforcement_System
Topics referred to by the same term
(disambiguation) Child-safe environment, see Child protection Fail-safe (disambiguation) Safe from Harm (disambiguation) Safety Strong box (disambiguation)
Safe_(disambiguation)
1995 film by Brett Leonard
escapes. Wallace and Deane are about to have Barnes terminated via a fail-safe transmitter implanted in his body, but Cochran destroys the system after
Virtuosity
Automatic switching from failed computer system to standby computers
resolved or maintenance is done on it. Computer cluster Data integrity Fail-safe Fault-tolerance Fencing (computing) High-availability cluster IT disaster
Failover
Valve or plate for regulating airflow
because it is "fail safe"; if the control to the damper fails, the damper opens and allows air to flow. However, in most applications "fail safe" indicates
Damper_(flow)
Fail-safe power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium
with compressed air as the operating medium. Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse
Railway_air_brake
Specialized valve
provided for redundancy, an important factor in the effectiveness of fail-safe devices. The primary functions of a blowout preventer system are to: Confine
Blowout_preventer
Fictional character in the DC Comics Universe
alive and is part of Argo City's High Council, with Zor-El having built a fail-safe around Argo City to protect it from Krypton's destruction. Alura appears
Alura_(DC_Comics)
Loss of blood, possibly causing death
authorities have more recently permitted the use of a recently developed fail-safe system of head-only stunning using a mushroom-shaped hammerhead that delivers
Exsanguination
Safety mechanism to quickly shut down a system
becomes incapacitated or leaves the machine unattended, and is a form of fail-safe. They are commonly used in industrial applications (e.g., locomotives
Kill_switch
Electrical device used to detect the presence of trains on rail tracks
to detect the absence of the trains. Since this is a safety appliance, fail-safe operation is crucial. Hence the circuit is designed to indicate the presence
Track_circuit
2007 television film directed by Alex Winter
Omnitrix only allows Ben to remain in his alien forms for ten minutes as a fail-safe, to prevent them from overwhelming his human self and personality with
Ben_10:_Race_Against_Time
American writer and scholar
scientist, and scholar. He was best known as co-author with Eugene Burdick of Fail-Safe (1962), an early Cold War novel that depicted what could easily go wrong
Harvey_Wheeler
Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) The Time Travelers (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) The Last Man on Earth (1964) Crack in the World (1965) Daleks –
List_of_apocalyptic_films
2013 American action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua
mother's death, by accessing the Cerberus system, the nuclear abortion fail-safe, which requires codes held only by Asher, Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan
Olympus_Has_Fallen
Valve that automatically stops the flow of a hazardous fluid in a dangerous event
explosion in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. A safety shutoff valve should be fail-safe, that is close upon failure of any element of the input control system
Shutdown_valve
exceptional condition, it is either correct, or will terminate with an exceptional condition. Exception handling Fail-safe Fault-tolerant Bottom type
Fail-stop
2001 film by Robert Rodriguez
to his castle. Felix is alerted to the parents' capture, activates the fail-safe, and tells the children the truth about their parents, and that he is
Spy_Kids_(film)
Computer operating system for applications with critical timing constraints
complete within given time and resource constraints or else the RTOS will fail safe. Real-time operating systems are event-driven and preemptive, meaning
Real-time_operating_system
Comics character
itself the superior of the two. However each Crime Syndicate member has a fail-safe that transports them and the victorious Justice League member to Earth-3
Superwoman_(Crime_Syndicate)
Small gas flame used to light larger gas burner
do not use electricity. The above methods are examples of the use of "fail-safe" safety protection. In domestic heating systems with pilot lights, it
Pilot_light
1988 aviation accident over the Pacific Ocean
the lap joint upper rivet row and tear strap disbond, which negated the fail-safe characteristics of the fuselage. The fatigue cracking initiated from the
Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243
Place mentioned in the Bible, the abode of Cain
Shusterman, the Land of Nod is mythologized as containing a mythical fail-safe against the Scythedom and becomes critically important to the plot of
Land_of_Nod
System whose failure would be serious
launch-on-command are fail-safe, because if the communications systems fail, launch cannot be commanded. Railway signaling is designed to be fail-safe. Fail-secure systems
Safety-critical_system
American futurist (1922–1983)
classic black comedy film satire Dr. Strangelove. In his commentary for Fail Safe, director Sidney Lumet remarked that the Professor Groeteschele character
Herman_Kahn
American actress (1926–2011)
Insult (1994), Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), The Odd Couple II (1998), and Fail Safe (2000). Belack played the lead role in the short-lived television sitcom
Doris_Belack
Fail-safe access port for a network security appliance
A bypass switch (or bypass TAP) is a hardware device that provides a fail-safe access port for an in-line active security appliance such as an intrusion
Bypass_switch
American actress
Adventures of Superman and Touched by an Angel and the televised play Fail Safe (2000) by Stephen Frears. In 2001, Ettinger was originally cast as Martha
Cynthia_Ettinger
Fictional artificial general superintelligence
destruction, Skynet is able to contact an orbiting satellite and activates a fail-safe which restores Skynet at a new location. The video game Terminator 3:
Skynet_(Terminator)
Command on Unix systems to temporarily assume root privileges
command-line utility that allows editing the sudo configuration file in a fail-safe manner. It prevents multiple simultaneous edits with locks and performs
Sudo
Nuclear power safety method that does not require electrical power nor intervention
condition in all operational modes is typically described as relatively fail-safe to that failure condition. However most current water-cooled and -moderated
Passive_nuclear_safety
Process that helps an equipment operator avoid mistakes
Look up poka-yoke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Defensive design Fail-safe Idiot-proof Interlock Murphy's law Pointing and calling International
Poka-yoke
Protection of equipment in response to inputs
correctly in response to its inputs or failure in a predictable manner (fail-safe). The automatic protection system should be designed to properly handle
Functional_safety
2009 American film
him and who he is, he finds out that the chip is a test product with a fail-safe that could kill him. He succumbs to the effects but the Corporation fears
Hardwired_(film)
American power transmission manufacturer
in fact most Altra products are used on industrial machinery, such as fail-safe brakes for elevators and forklifts, gearboxes on conveyors, heavy duty
Altra_Industrial_Motion
Motor vehicle
control unit powering down, and the fail-safe system overriding the rear rack. If the system ever faults, as a fail-safe, the rear wheels lock straight to
Mazda_MX-6
Films discussing the dangers, utilization, and existence of nuclear power and weapons
World War II. Fail-Safe (1964) – a film based on the novel of the same name about an American bomber crew and nuclear tensions Fail-Safe (CBS, 2000) –
List of films about nuclear issues
List_of_films_about_nuclear_issues
Type of unmanned aircraft
flight termination ground equipment, which caused the aircraft's automatic fail-safe flight termination mode to activate." General characteristics Crew: 0
Lockheed_Martin_Polecat
2008 American military science fiction film by Martin Wood
however, that he is merely the last clone and that the real Ba'al has a fail-safe plan. The real Ba'al travels back in time to 1939 Earth and massacres
Stargate:_Continuum
Instrument showing volume in a fuel tank
full) and "0" (for empty) or "R" (for reserve) instead. The system can be fail-safe. If an electrical fault opens, the electrical circuit causes the indicator
Fuel_gauge
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A dead man's switch is a device used as a fail-safe. Dead man's switch may also refer to: Dead Man's Switch (audio drama)
Dead man's switch (disambiguation)
Dead_man's_switch_(disambiguation)
1988 public transit disaster in Paris, France
another question as to how Saulin managed to get the train moving again. A fail-safe mechanism on the cars locks the brakes in the on position if the valve
Gare_de_Lyon_rail_accident
Government of India Enterprise
Counter (MSDAC) & Block Proving by Axle Counter (BPAC) using Universal Fail Safe Block Interface (UFSBI). These products have been designed and developed
Central_Electronics_Limited
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Old Norse heill ‘healthy’, ‘sound’, ‘whole’.South German : variant of Heil.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Hail, Mail
Boy/Male
Indian
Hail, Mail
Surname or Lastname
Irish or Scottish
Irish or Scottish : reduced form of McFaul.English : variant of Fall 2.South German : from a byname for a weakling, from Middle High German vūl, voul ‘frail’, ‘decayed’, ‘foul’, ‘weak’. Later the term took on the meaning ‘lazy’ and in some cases the surname may have arisen from this sense.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Gale, GAIL means "calm, tranquil."
Boy/Male
Indian
Excellent, Outstanding
Boy/Male
Arabic
Doer; Performer
Boy/Male
Indian
Favor, Grace, Kindness
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname meaning ‘handsome’, ‘beautiful’, ‘fair’, Middle English fair, fayr, Old English fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.Irish : translation of Gaelic fionn ‘fair’, which Woulfe describes as ‘a descriptive epithet that supplanted the real surname’, or a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac F(h)inn, a variant of Mag Fhinn (see McGinn).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, Middle English baile, from Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’ (see Bailey 2).Spanish : variant of Baile.Indian (Karnataka) : Hindu (Brahman) name, probably a topographic name from Tulu bail ‘low-lying land’ (Dravidian vayal ‘plain’, ‘field’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Freel.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Hail Mail
Boy/Male
Indian
Outstanding, Honorable
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gale.French : nickname from Old French gail ‘cheerful’, ‘jolly’.German : variant of Geil.
Boy/Male
Indian
Surpassing, Excellent, Leader
Surname or Lastname
Scottish or Irish
Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McFall.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a waterfall, declivity, or forest clearing, Middle English fall (from Old English (ge)fall ‘a felling of trees’, Old Norse fall ‘forest clearing’).German : topographic name from Middle High German val ‘fall (of trees)’; in some cases ‘waterfall’ or ‘landslide’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with this word, or in Tyrol from Ladine val ‘valley’.African : unexplained.
Female
English
Short form of English Abigail, GAIL means "father rejoices."
Surname or Lastname
French
French : habitational name from any of various places in France, deriving their names mostly from Old French fain ‘swamp’, but Latin fanum ‘temple’ is also a source in some cases.English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Boy/Male
Indian
An accomplished person
Boy/Male
Indian
Victorious, Triumphant, Gain
FAIL SAFE
FAIL SAFE
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
One who Loves Sports
Female
English
Latin form of Greek Kassandra, CASSANDRA means "she who entangles men." In mythology, this is the name of King Priam's daughter to whom Apollo gave the gift of foresight then later caused her prophecies to be ignored because she refused his advances.Â
Boy/Male
Indian
Lord Shiva; God Hanuman
Girl/Female
British, English, French, Turkish
Angel
Girl/Female
English German
Woman from Magdala.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Lord Brahma
Boy/Male
Indian
Fragant
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Unique
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Indian, Muslim
Guided to the Right Path
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bhagirathi | பாகீரதீ
The ganges
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n.
Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
superl.
Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view.
superl.
Distinct; legible; as, fair handwriting.
v. t.
To pass somewhat suddenly, and passively, into a new state of body or mind; to become; as, to fall asleep; to fall into a passion; to fall in love; to fall into temptation.
n.
A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.
v. t.
To let fall; to drop.
n.
To set sail; to begin a voyage.
v. t.
To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
v. t.
To pull or draw by the tail.
v. t.
To pour forcibly down, as hail.
v. t.
To rail at.
v. i.
To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.
n.
Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents.
v. i.
Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.
v. i.
To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.
n.
A fair woman; a sweetheart.
v. t.
To make fair or beautiful.
n.
That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow.
v. i.
To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
v. t.
To arm with mail.