Feel (fēl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Felt (f&ebreve_;lt); p. pr. & vb. n. Feeling.] [AS. fēlan; akin to OS. gifōlian to perceive, D. voelen to feel, OHG. fuolen, G. fühlen, Icel. fālma to grope, and prob. to AS. folm palm of the hand, L. palma. Cf. Fumble, Palm.] 1. To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs.
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Who feel
Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.
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2. To touch; to handle; to examine by touching; as, feel this piece of silk; hence, to make trial of; to test; often with out.
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Come near, . . . that I may feel thee, my son. Gen. xxvii. 21.
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He hath this to feel my affection to your honor. Shak.
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3. To perceive by the mind; to have a sense of; to experience; to be affected by; to be sensible of, or sensitive to; as, to feel pleasure; to feel pain.
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Teach me to feel another's woe. Pope.
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Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing. Eccl. viii. 5.
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He best can paint them who shall feel them most. Pope.
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Mankind have felt their strength and made it felt. Byron.
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4. To take internal cognizance of; to be conscious of; to have an inward persuasion of.
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For then, and not till then, he felt himself. Shak.
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5. To perceive; to observe. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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To feel the helm (Naut.), to obey it.
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Feel (?), n. 1. Feeling; perception. [R.]
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To intercept and have a more kindly feel of its genial warmth. Hazlitt.
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2. A sensation communicated by touching; impression made upon one who touches or handles; as, this leather has a greasy feel.
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The difference between these two tumors will be distinguished by the feel. S. Sharp.
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