infalln.

/ˈɪnfɔːl/

Etymology: < in adv. + fall n.²; = German einfall, Dutch inval, hostile incursion.

1. An inroad, attack, incursion, or descent upon an army, town, etc., or into a country. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [noun]

fiend-reseOE

frumresec1275

assault1297

sault1297

inracea1300

sailing13..

venuea1330

checkc1330

braid1340

affrayc1380

outrunningc1384

resinga1387

wara1387

riota1393

assailc1400

assayc1400

onset1423

rake?a1425

pursuitc1425

assemblinga1450

brunta1450

oncominga1450

assembly1487

envaya1500

oncomea1500

shovea1500

front1523

scry1523

attemptate1524

assaulting1548

push1565

brash1573

attempt1584

affront?1587

pulse1587

affret1590

saliaunce1590

invasion1591

assailment1592

insultation1596

aggressa1611

onslaught1613

source1616

confronta1626

impulsion1631

tentative1632

essaya1641

infall1645

attack1655

stroke1698

insult1710

coup de main1759

onfall1837

hurrah1841

beat-up of quarters1870

offensive1887

strafe1915

grand slam1916

hop-over1918

run1941

strike1942

society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > [noun]

here-gang10..

inrunning1382

incursion?a1475

invasion1539

incurse1543

irruption1577

invade1591

invading1603

invadationa1607

infall1645

inroadinga1656

incursation1659

infallinga1698

big one1960

1645 O. Cromwell Let. 25 Apr. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 340 A party of the Earl of Northampton's regiment,..came to make an infall upon me.

1679 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1722) II. 54 At the Infal upon Glasgow.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 316 The Garrison of Hull had many strong infalls into the Country.

1894 J. C. Atkinson Mem. Old Whitby 67 The piratical, predatory raids or infalls—we can hardly dignify them by calling them invasions—from the side of the sea.

2. The place where the water enters a reservoir, canal, etc. Cf. outfall n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] > place where water flows in

inrunning1859

infall1863

1863 Daily Tel. 6 Apr. The puddling was not put in for about 300 feet at the infall, and about 150 feet at the outfall, the ground forming, in fact, a natural bank.

3. The falling of a stream, road, etc. into another; junction, confluence.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun]

wayleetOE

leetOE

cornerc1384

cornelc1420

three-went way1787

infall1895

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xlvii. 334 It was near the infall of the road from Loch Dee that we first got sight of those we sought.

a. (A) falling upon or into (esp. a planet) from an outside source.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet > material that falls or has fallen onto planet > (a) falling upon

infall1899

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > dropping or falling vertically > falling of objects onto a planet

infall1899

1899 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 328 The waning atmospheric stock of carbon is reinforced by meteoric infalls.

1961 New Scientist 23 Feb. 465/3 Cosmic infall dust..would also provide a source of very finely divided ferrous material [on the moon].

1969 Nature 20 Dec. 1160/1 Relative to the galactic gas the average velocity of infall would be about 500 km s⁻¹.

1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth iii. 67/2 At present the energy of infall of a meteorite or a space rocket is very large.

b. Material that falls or has fallen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet > material that falls or has fallen onto planet

infall1960

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > dropping or falling vertically > falling of objects onto a planet > that which

infall1960

1960 New Scientist 18 Feb. 387/2 There is..some evidence of it in the spectra of comets, and fragments from these continue to form part of the meteoroidal infall.

1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics v. 188 On airless worlds surface materials may be..mixed with cosmic infall, including meteoritic debris.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	infall
释义	infalln. /ˈɪnfɔːl/ Etymology: < in adv. + fall n.²; = German einfall, Dutch inval, hostile incursion. 1. An inroad, attack, incursion, or descent upon an army, town, etc., or into a country. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [noun] fiend-reseOE frumresec1275 assault1297 sault1297 inracea1300 sailing13.. venuea1330 checkc1330 braid1340 affrayc1380 outrunningc1384 resinga1387 wara1387 riota1393 assailc1400 assayc1400 onset1423 rake?a1425 pursuitc1425 assemblinga1450 brunta1450 oncominga1450 assembly1487 envaya1500 oncomea1500 shovea1500 front1523 scry1523 attemptate1524 assaulting1548 push1565 brash1573 attempt1584 affront?1587 pulse1587 affret1590 saliaunce1590 invasion1591 assailment1592 insultation1596 aggressa1611 onslaught1613 source1616 confronta1626 impulsion1631 tentative1632 essaya1641 infall1645 attack1655 stroke1698 insult1710 coup de main1759 onfall1837 hurrah1841 beat-up of quarters1870 offensive1887 strafe1915 grand slam1916 hop-over1918 run1941 strike1942 society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > [noun] here-gang10.. inrunning1382 incursion?a1475 invasion1539 incurse1543 irruption1577 invade1591 invading1603 invadationa1607 infall1645 inroadinga1656 incursation1659 infallinga1698 big one1960 1645 O. Cromwell Let. 25 Apr. in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 340 A party of the Earl of Northampton's regiment,..came to make an infall upon me. 1679 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1722) II. 54 At the Infal upon Glasgow. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 316 The Garrison of Hull had many strong infalls into the Country. 1894 J. C. Atkinson Mem. Old Whitby 67 The piratical, predatory raids or infalls—we can hardly dignify them by calling them invasions—from the side of the sea. 2. The place where the water enters a reservoir, canal, etc. Cf. outfall n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [noun] > place where water flows in inrunning1859 infall1863 1863 Daily Tel. 6 Apr. The puddling was not put in for about 300 feet at the infall, and about 150 feet at the outfall, the ground forming, in fact, a natural bank. 3. The falling of a stream, road, etc. into another; junction, confluence. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] wayleetOE leetOE cornerc1384 cornelc1420 three-went way1787 infall1895 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xlvii. 334 It was near the infall of the road from Loch Dee that we first got sight of those we sought. 4. a. (A) falling upon or into (esp. a planet) from an outside source. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet > material that falls or has fallen onto planet > (a) falling upon infall1899 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > dropping or falling vertically > falling of objects onto a planet infall1899 1899 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 328 The waning atmospheric stock of carbon is reinforced by meteoric infalls. 1961 New Scientist 23 Feb. 465/3 Cosmic infall dust..would also provide a source of very finely divided ferrous material [on the moon]. 1969 Nature 20 Dec. 1160/1 Relative to the galactic gas the average velocity of infall would be about 500 km s⁻¹. 1971 I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth iii. 67/2 At present the energy of infall of a meteorite or a space rocket is very large. b. Material that falls or has fallen. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > [noun] > part of planet > material that falls or has fallen onto planet infall1960 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > dropping or falling vertically > falling of objects onto a planet > that which infall1960 1960 New Scientist 18 Feb. 387/2 There is..some evidence of it in the spectra of comets, and fragments from these continue to form part of the meteoroidal infall. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics v. 188 On airless worlds surface materials may be..mixed with cosmic infall, including meteoritic debris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1645
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