felly

/ˈfɛli/

Etymology

From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)).

felly means the rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

felly is pronounced /ˈfɛli/.

noun

The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim.“all you Gods, / In generall Synod take away her power: / Breake all the Spokes and Fallies from her wheele […]”

adv

Fiercely, harshly.“Ioues dreaded thunder light / Does scorch not halfe so sore, nor damned ghoste / In flaming Phlegeton does not so felly roste.”