The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 592
Bastard file , Cross file , etc. See under Bastard , Cross , etc. -- Cross-cut file , a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely. -- File blank , a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file. -- File cutter , a maker of files. -- Second-cut file , a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. -- Single-cut file , a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float. -- Smooth file , a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface.
File <Xpage=559>
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 .
2. To smooth or polish as with a file.
Shak.
File your tongue to a little more courtesy.Sir W.Scott.
File <Xpage=559>
File , v. t. [OE. fulen , filen , foulen , AS. f<?/lan , fr. f<?/l foul. See Foul , and cf. Defile , v . t .] To make f<?/ul; to defile. [Obs.]
All his hairy breast with blood was filed . Spenser .
For Banquo's issue have I filed mind.Shak.
Filefish <Xpage=559>
File"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) 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.
Filemot <Xpage=559>
Fil"e*mot (?) , n. See Feullemort .
Swift.
Filer <Xpage=559>
Fil"er (?) , n. One who works with a file.
Filial <Xpage=559>
Fil"ial (?) , a. [L. filialis , fr. filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. female , feminine . Cf. Fitz .] 1. Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience .
2. Bearing the relation of a child.
And thus the filial Godhead answering spoke. Milton.
Filially <Xpage=559>
Fil"ial*ly (?) , adv. In a filial manner.
Filiate <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*ate (?) , v. t. To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between. [R.]
Southey.
Filiation <Xpage=559>
Fil`i*a"tion (?) , n. [LL. filiatio , fr. L. filius son: cf. F. filiation . See Filial .] 1. The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.
The relation of paternity and filiation . Sir M. Hale.
2. (Law) The assignment of a bastard child to some one as its ather; affiliation.
Smart.
Filibeg <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*beg (?) , n. [Gael. feileadhbeag , i . e ., little kilt; feileadh kilt + beag little, small; cf. filleadh a plait, fold.] Same as Kilt . [Written also philibeg .]
Filibuster <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*bus`ter (?) , n. [Sp. flibuster , flibustero , corrupted fr. E. freebooter . See Freebooter .] 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.
Filibuster <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*bus*ter , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fillibustered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering .] 1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
Bartlett.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.]
Bartlett.
Filibusterism <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*bus`ter*ism (?) , n. The characteristics or practices of a filibuster.
Bartlett.
Filical <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*cal (?) , a. Belonging to the Filices , r ferns.
Filicic <Xpage=559>
Fi*lic"ic (?) , a. [L. filix , -icis , a fern.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid .
Filicide <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*cide (?) , 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.
Filiciform <Xpage=559>
Fi*lic"i*form (?) , a. [L. filix , -icis , fern + -form : cf. F. filiciforme ] Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf.
Smart.
Filicoid <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*coid (?) , a. [L. filix , -icis , fern + -oid : cf. F. filicoi\'8bde .] (Bot.) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.
Filicoid <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*coid , n. (Bot.) A fernlike plant.
Lindley.
Filiety <Xpage=559>
Fi*li"e*ty (?) , n. [L. filietas .] The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity .
J. S. Mill.
Filiferous <Xpage=559>
Fi*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. filum a thread + -ferous .] Producing threads.
Carpenter.
Filiform <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*form (?) , a. [L. filum thread + -form : cf. F. filiforme .] Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papill\'91 of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust . of Antenn\'92 .
Filigrain, Filigrane <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*grain , Fil"i*grane (?) , n. [Sp. filigrana (cf. It. filigrana , E. filigrane ), fr. L. filum a thread + granum grain. See File a row, and Grain , and cf. Filigree .] Filigree. [Archaic]
With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane . Longfellow.
Filigraned <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*graned (?) , a. See Filigreed . [Archaic]
Filigree <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*gree (?) , 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.
Filigree <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*gree , a. Relating to, composed of, or resembling, work in filigree; as, a filigree basket . Hence: Fanciful; unsubstantial; merely decorative.
You ask for reality, not fiction and filigree work. J. C. Shairp.
Filigreed <Xpage=559>
Fil"i*greed (?) , a. Adorned with filigree.
Tatler.
Filing <Xpage=559>
Fil"ing (?) , n. A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings .
Filipendulous <Xpage=559>
Fil`i*pen"du*lous (?; 135) , a. [L. filum a thread + pendulus hanging, fr. pend<?/re 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.
Fill <Xpage=559>
Fill (?) , n. [See Thill .] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
Mortimer.
Fill horse , a thill horse.
Shak.
Fill <Xpage=559>
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. f\'81llen , Icel. fylla , Sw. fylla , Dan. fylde , Goth. fulljan . See Full , 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.
The rain also filleth the pools. Ps. lxxxiv. 6.
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7.
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.
And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Gen. i. 22.
The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27.
3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? Matt. xv. 33.
Things that are sweet and fat are more filling . Bacon.
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.
5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy .
A. Hamilton.
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.
7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
To fill in , to insert; as, he filled in the figures. -- To fill out , to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill. -- 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.
Fill <Xpage=559>
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.
2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
Give me some wine; fill full. Shak.
To back and fill . See under Back , v. i. -- To fill up , to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.
Fill <Xpage=559>
Fill , n. [AS. fyllo . See Fill , v. t. ] A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. "Ye shall eat your fill ."
Lev. xxv. 19.
I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill . Shak.
Filler <Xpage=559>
Fill"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
'T is mere filer , to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. Dryden.
They have six diggers to four fillers , so as to keep the fillers always at work. Mortimer.
Filler <Xpage=559>
Fill"er , n. [From 1st Fill .] A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.]
Fillet <Xpage=559>
Fil"let (?) , n. [OE. filet , felet , fr. OF. filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. of fil a thread, fr. L. filum . See Fille a row.] 1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.
A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. Pope.
2. (Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.
&hand; 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.
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.
4. (Mach.) A concave filling in of a re\'89ntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.
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 Base , and Column .
6. (Her.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.
7. (Mech.) The thread of a screw.
8. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.
9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.
10. Any scantling smaller than a batten.
11. (Anat.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.
12. (Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.
Arris fillet . See under Arris .
Fillet <Xpage=559>
Fil"let , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Filleted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Filleting .] To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet.
Filleting <Xpage=559>
Fil"let*ing , 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.
2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively.
Fillibeg <Xpage=559>
Fil"li*beg (?) , n. A kilt. See Filibeg .
Fillibuster <Xpage=559>
Fil"li*bus`ter (?) , n. See Filibuster .
Filling <Xpage=559>
Fill"ing (?) , 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.
2. The woof in woven fabrics.
3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
Back filling . (Arch.) See under Back , a.
Fillip <Xpage=559>
Fil"lip (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Filliped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping .] [For filp , flip . Cf. Flippant .] 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 filip me o' the head."
Shak.
2. To snap; to project quickly.
The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with. Tylor.
Fillip <Xpage=559>
Fil"lip , n. 1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
2. Something serving to rouse or excite.
I take a glass of grog for a filip . Dickens.
Fillipeen <Xpage=559>
Fil"li*peen` (?) , n. See Philopena .
Fillister <Xpage=559>
Fil"lis*ter (?) , n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty.
Knight.
2. A plane for making a rabbet.
Fillister screw had , a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top.
Filly <Xpage=559>
Fil"ly (?) , n. ; pl. Fillies (#) . [Cf. Icel. fylia , fr . foli foal. See Foal .] 1. (Zo\'94l.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt , Foal .
Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. Shak.
2. A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.]
Addison.
Film <Xpage=559>
Film (?) , n. [AS. film skin, fr. fell skin; akin to fylmen membrane, OFries. filmene skin. See Fell skin.] 1. A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.
He from thick films shall purge the visual ray. Pope.
2. A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.
Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film . Shak.
Film <Xpage=559>
Film , v. t. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.
It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak.
Filminess <Xpage=559>
Film"i*ness (?) , n. State of being filmy.
Filmy <Xpage=559>
Film"y (?) , a. Composed of film or films.
Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly. Dryden.
Filoplumaceous <Xpage=559>
Fil`o*plu*ma"ceous (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Having the structure of a filoplume.
Filoplume <Xpage=559>
Fil"o*plume (?) , n. [L. filum a thread <?/ pluma a soft feather.] (Zo\'94l.) A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.
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Filose <Xpage=560>
Fi"lose` (?) , a. [L. filum a thread.] Terminating in a threadlike process.
Filter <Xpage=560>
Fil"ter (?) , n. [F. filtre , the same word as feutre felt, LL. filtrum , feltrum , felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See Feuter .] Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air.
Filter bed , a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel. -- Filter gallery , an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also infiltration gallery .
Filter <Xpage=560>
Fil"ter , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Filtered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Filtering ] [Cf. F. filter . See Filter , n. , and cf. Filtrate .] To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.
Filtering paper , ∨ Filter paper , a porous unsized paper, for filtering.
Filter <Xpage=560>
Fil"ter , v. i. To pass through a filter; to percolate.
Filter <Xpage=560>
Fil"ter , n. Same as Philter .
Filth <Xpage=560>
Filth (?) , n. [OE. filthe , ful\'ebe , AS. f<?/l\'eb , fr. f\'d4l foul; akin to OHG. f\'d4lida . See Foul , and cf. File .] 1. Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.
2. Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights. Tillotson.
Filth disease (Med.) , a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water.
Filthily <Xpage=560>
Filth"i*ly (?) , adv. In a filthy manner; foully.
Filthiness <Xpage=560>
Filth"i*ness , n. 1. The state of being filthy.
Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 2 Cor. vii. 1.
2. That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity.
Carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 2 Chron. xxix. 5.
Filthy <Xpage=560>