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File (fīl), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. , , .] 1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.
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☞ The number of files in a company describes its width, as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in “fours deep” would be spoken of as 25 files in 4 ranks. Farrow.

(b) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant. (c) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.
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It is upon a file with the duke's other letters. Shak.

(d) A roll or list. “A file of all the gentry.” Shak.

2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.]
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Let me resume the file of my narration. Sir H. Wotton.
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3. (computers) a collection of data on a digital recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording, reading, storage, or indexing; -- such a file is typically accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name. The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded data, or an executable program, or may be itself a collection of other files.
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Coloq. File firing , the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others. -- Coloq. File leader , the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him. -- Coloq. File marching , the marching of a line two deep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march side by side. Brande & C. -- Coloq. Indian file , or Coloq. Single file , a line of people marching one behind another; a single row. Also used adverbially; as, to march Indian file. -- Coloq. On file , preserved in an orderly collection; recorded in some database. -- Coloq. Rank and file . (a) The body of soldiers constituting the mass of an army, including corporals and privates. Wilhelm. (b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders.
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File (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filing.] 1. To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers.
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I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed. Beau. & Fl.
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2. To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. Burrill.
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3. (Law) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court.
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To file a paper, on the part of a party, is to place it in the official custody of the clerk. To file, on the part of the clerk, is to indorse upon the paper the date of its reception, and retain it in his office, subject to inspection by whomsoever it may concern. Burrill.
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File, v. i. [Cf. F. filer.] (Mil.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.
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Coloq. To file with , to follow closely, as one soldier after another in file; to keep pace.
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My endeavors
Have ever come too short of my desires,
Yet filed with my abilities. Shak.
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File (fīl), n. [AS. feól; akin to D. viji, OHG. fīla, fīhala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. þēl, Russ. pila, and Skr. piç to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.] 1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.
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☞ A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch.
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2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.
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Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. Akenside.
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3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] Fielding.
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Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face. Thackeray.
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Coloq. Bastard file , Coloq. Cross file , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Cross-cut file , a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely. -- Coloq. File blank , a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file. -- Coloq. File cutter , a maker of files. -- Coloq. Second-cut file , a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. -- Coloq. Single-cut file , a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float. -- Coloq. Smooth file , a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface.
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File, v. t. 1. To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
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2. To smooth or polish as with a file. Shak.
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File your tongue to a little more courtesy. Sir W. Scott.
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File, v. t. [OE. fulen, filen, foulen, AS. f�lan, fr. f�l foul. See , and cf. , v. t.] To make foul; to defile. [Obs.]
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All his hairy breast with blood was filed. Spenser.
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For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind. Shak.
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File closer. (Mil.) A commissioned or noncommissioned officer posted in the rear of a line, or on the flank of a column, of soldiers, to rectify mistakes and insure steadiness and promptness in the ranks.
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Filefish (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.
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Filemot (?), n. See . Swift.
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Filer (?), n. One who works with a file.
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Filial (?), a. [L. filialis, fr. filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. female, feminine. Cf. .] 1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.
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2. Bearing the relation of a child.
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And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke. Milton.
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Filially (?), adv. In a filial manner.
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Filiate (?), v. t. To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between. [R.] Southey.
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Filiation (?), n. [LL. filiatio, fr. L. filius son: cf. F. filiation. See .] 1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.
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The relation of paternity and filiation. Sir M. Hale.
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2. (Law) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its father; affiliation. Smart.
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3. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a language.
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4. One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot; as, the filiations are from a common stock.
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Filibeg (?), n. [Gael. feileadhbeag, i. e., little kilt; feileadh kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait, fold.] Same as . [Written also philibeg.]
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Filibuster (?), n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero, corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See .] A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.
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Filibuster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter. Bartlett.
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2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
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Filibusterism (?), n. The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. Bartlett.
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Filical (?), a. Belonging to the Filices, r ferns.
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Filicic (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, a fern.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid.
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Filicide (?), n. [L. filius son, filia daughter + caedere to kill.] The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.
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Filiciform (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -form: cf. F. filiciforme] Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Smart.
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Filicoid (?), a. [L. filix, -icis, fern + -oid: cf. F. filicoiïde.] (Bot.) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.
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Filicoid, n. (Bot.) A fernlike plant. Lindley.
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Filiety (?), n. [L. filietas.] The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity. J. S. Mill.
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Filiferous (?), a. [L. filum a thread + -ferous.] Producing threads. Carpenter.
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Filiform (?), a. [L. filum thread + -form: cf. F. filiforme.] Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillæ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust. of .

{ Filigrain, Filigrane } (?), n. [Sp. filigrana (cf. It. filigrana, E. filigrane), fr. L. filuma thread + granum grain. See a row, and , and cf. .] Filigree. [Archaic]
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With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane. Longfellow.
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Filigraned (?), a. See . [Archaic]
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Filigree (?), n. [Corrupted fr. filigrane.] Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern.
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Filigree, a. Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket. Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative.
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You ask for reality, not fiction and filigree work. J. C. Shairp.
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Filigreed (?), a. Adorned with filigree. Tatler.
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Filing (?), n. A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.
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Filioque (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) The Latin for, “and from the Son,” equivalent to et filio, inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clause qui ex Patre procedit (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d. 381), which makes a creed state that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father. Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church).
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Filipendulous (?; 135), a. [L. filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pendēre to hang.] (Bot.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
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Filipino adj. 1. of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs.
Syn. -- Philippine.
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2. of or relating to the language of the Philippines.
Syn. -- Tagalog.
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Filipino (?), n.; pl. Filipinos (#). [Sp.] A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. [wns=1]

Then there are Filipinos, -- “children of the country,” they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood. The Century.
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2. the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. [wns=2]
Syn. -- Philippine.
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Fill (?), n. [See .] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer.
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Coloq. Fill horse , a thill horse. Shak.
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Fill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filling.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. füllen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See , a.] 1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
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The rain also filleth the pools. Ps. lxxxiv. 6.
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Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7.
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2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.
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And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Gen. i. 22.
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The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27.
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3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
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Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? Matt. xv. 33.
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Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. Bacon.
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4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
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5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. A. Hamilton.
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6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.
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7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
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Coloq. To fill in , to insert; as, he filled in the figures. -- Coloq. To fill out , to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill. -- Coloq. To fill up , to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. “The bliss that fills up all the mind.” Pope. “And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.” Col. i. 24.
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Fill (?), v. i. 1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.
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2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
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Give me some wine; fill full. Shak.
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Coloq. To back and fill . See under , v. i. -- Coloq. To fill up , to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.
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Fill, n. [AS. fyllo. See , v. t.] 1. A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. “Ye shall eat your fill.” Lev. xxv. 19.
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I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. Shak.
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2. That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
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Filled cheese. An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty “filling,” such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.
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fillagree n. variant spelling of .
Syn. -- filigree, filagree.
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fille n. a young unmarried woman.
Syn. -- girl, filly, miss, missy, gal, young lady, young woman.
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filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower terms: abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate), rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick with(predicate); brimful, brimful of(predicate), brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming with(predicate); chockablock(predicate), chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full; congested, engorged; crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming, swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming with(predicate); flooded, inundated, swamped ; glutted, overfull; heavy with(predicate) ; laden, loaded ; overladen, overloaded ; stuffed ; stuffed; well-lined ]
Syn. -- full.
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2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite of hollow.
Syn. -- solid.
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3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; -- of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free
Syn. -- occupied.
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Filler (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
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'T is mere filler, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. Dryden.
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They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work. Mortimer.
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2. (Paint.) A composition, as of powdered silica and oil, used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying paint, varnish, etc.
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3. (Forestry) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as coppice under standards. Chiefly used in the pl.
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Filler, n. [From 1st .] A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.]
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Fillet (?), n. [OE. filet, felet, fr. OF. filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. of fil a thread, fr. L. filum. See a row.] 1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
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A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. Pope.
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2. (Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
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☞ A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A fillet of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. “Fillet of a fenny snake.” Shak.
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3. A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip.
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4. (Mach.) A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
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5. (Arch.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of , and .
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6. (Her.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
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7. (Mech.) The thread of a screw.
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8. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
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9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
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10. Any scantling smaller than a batten.
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11. (Anat.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
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12. (Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
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Coloq. Arris fillet . See under .
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Fillet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Filleting.] To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
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Filleting, n. 1. (Arch.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.
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2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
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Fillibeg (?), n. A kilt. See .
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Fillibuster (?), n. See .
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Filling (?), n. 1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc.
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2. The woof in woven fabrics.
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3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
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Coloq. Back filling . (Arch.) See under , a.
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Fillip (fĭllĭp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filliped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping.] [For filp, flip. Cf. .] 1. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. “You fillip me o' the head.” Shak.
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2. To snap; to project quickly.
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The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with. Tylor.
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Fillip, n. 1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
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2. Something serving to rouse or excite.
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I take a glass of grog for a filip. Dickens.
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Fillipeen (?), n. See .
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Fillister (?), n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. Knight.
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2. A plane for making a rabbet.
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Coloq. Fillister screw had , a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top.
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Filly (?), n.; pl. Fillies (#). [Cf. Icel. fylia, fr. foli foal. See .] 1. (Zoöl.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. , .
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Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. Shak.
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2. A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] Addison.
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Film (?), n. [AS. film skin, fr. fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. filmene skin. See skin.] 1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
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He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope.
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2. hence, any thin layer covering a surface.
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3. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
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Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film. Shak.
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4. (Photog.) The layer, usually of gelatin or collodion, containing the sensitive salts of photographic plates.
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5. (Photog.) a flexible sheet of celluloid or other plastic material to which a light-sensitive layer has been applied, used for recording images by the processes of photography. It is commonly used in rolls mounted within light-proof canisters suitable for simple insertion into cameras designed for such canisters. On such rolls, varying numbers of photographs may be taken before the canister needs to be replaced.
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6. a motion picture.
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7. the art of making motion pictures; -- used mostly in the phrase the film.
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8. a thin transparent sheet of plastic, used for wrapping objects; as, polyethylene film.
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Coloq. Celluloid film (Photog.), a thin flexible sheet of celluloid, coated with a sensitized emulsion of gelatin, and used as a substitute for photographic plates. -- Coloq. Cut film (Photog.), a celluloid film cut into pieces suitable for use in a camera.
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Film, v. t. 1. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
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It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.
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2. to make a motion picture of (any event or literary work); to record with a movie camera; as, to film the inauguration ceremony; to film Dostoevsky's War and Peace.
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filmable adj. readily adaptable to motion picture form; -- of books, plays, and other works of literature.
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filmed adj. recorded on film.
Syn. -- canned, taped, tape-recorded, transcribed.
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Filminess (?), n. State of being filmy.
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filmmake v. i. to make films; be a film maker.
Syn. -- film-make.
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Filmy (?), a. Composed of film or films.
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Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden.
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Filoplumaceous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having the structure of a filoplume.
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Filoplume (?), n. [L. filum a thread � pluma a soft feather.] (Zoöl.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
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