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▪ I. ˈroot-fall, n. rare. [root n.1] 1. A tree which has fallen owing to the roots giving way.
a1634Coke On Litt. iv. lxxiii. (1648) 300 That no trees other then..meerly windefals and rootfals may be thrown down or taken away. 2. The condition of being root-fallen.
1886Times 18 Aug. 10/6 The Hessian Fly confines its injury to the joints of the straw, causing a disorder analogous to that of root-fall and ‘gout’ in the stems. ▪ II. ˈroot-fall, v. rare—1. [Cf. next.] intr. To become root-fallen.
1813in W. Marshall Review V. 35 In loose land subject in any degree to cause wheat to root-fall. |