Fall of the Drop (The), in theatrical parlance, means the fall of the drop-curtain at the end of the act or play.
Fall Out of (To). To tumble or slip from, as, "The weapons fell out of my hands." This is a Latin phrase, "De manibus meis arma ceciderunt. "
Fall Short of (To). To be deficient of a supply. This is the Latin excido, to fail. To fall short of the mark is a figure taken from archery, quoits, etc., where the missile falls to the ground before reaching the mark.
Fall Together by the Ears (To). To fight and scratch each other; to contend in strife. "To fall together by the ears" is "inter se certare; " but "to set together by the ears" is "discordium concitare. "
Fall Upon One's Feet (To). To escape a threatened injury; to light upon one's feet.
Falling Bands Neck-bands which fall on the chest, common in the seventeenth century.
Falling Sickness Epilepsy, in which the patient falls suddenly to the ground.
"Brutus. - He[i.e. Cæsar] hath the falling-sickness.Falling Stars are said by Mahometans to be firebrands flung by good angels against evil spirits when they approach too near the gates of heaven.
Cassius. - No, Cæsar hath it not: but you, and I,
And honest Casca, we have the falling sickness."
Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar, i. 2.
Fallow Land Land ploughed, but not sown; so called from its brown or tawny colour. (German, fahl,
tawny; Anglo-Saxon, falu or fealo, pale-red; hence, fallow deer, red deer.)
"Break up the fallow land." - Jer. iv. 3.False (The Rule of). A method of solving certain mathematical questions generally done by equations. Suppose the question is this: "What number is that whose half exceeds its third by 12?" Assume any number you like as the supposed answer - say 96. Then, by the question, 96 ÷ 2 = 96 i.e. 54, but 48 does not equal 54, the latter is 16 too much.
Well, now state by rule of proportion thus, 16: 12:: 96 to the answer, which is 72, the number required.