Webster's Dictionary 1828

865

FILCHINGLY

FILCH'INGLY, adverb By pilfering; in a thievish manner.

866

FILE

FILE, noun [Latin filum. The primary sense is probably to draw out or extend, or to twist.]1. A thread, string of line; particularly, a line or wire on which papers are strung i...

867

FILE-CUTTER

FI'LE-CUTTER, noun A maker of files.

868

FILE-LEADER

FILE-LE'ADER, noun The soldier placed in the front of a file.

869

FILED

FI'LED, participle passive Placed on a line or wire; placed in a bundle and indorsed; smoothed or polished with a file.

870

FILEMOT

FI'LEMOT, noun A yellowish brown color; the color of a faded leaf.

871

FILER

FI'LER, noun One who uses a file in smoothing and polishing.

872

FILIAL

FIL'IAL, adjective [Latin filius, a son, flia, a daughter.]1. Pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming a child in relation to his parents. filial love is such an affection as a...

873

FILIATION

FILIA'TION, noun [Latin filius, a son.]1. The relation of a son or child to a father; correlative to paternity.2. Adoption.

874

FILIFORM

FIL'IFORM, noun [Latin filum, a thread, and form.]Having the form of a thread or filament; of equal thickness from top to bottom; as a filiform style or peduncle.

875

FILIGRANE

FIL'IGRANE, noun sometimes written filigree. [Latin filum, a thread, and granum, a grain.]A kind of enrichment on gold and silver, wrought delicately in the manner of little thr...

876

FILIGRANED

FIL'IGRANED, or FIL'IGREED, adjective Ornamented with filigrane.

877

FILIGREED

FIL'IGRANED, or FIL'IGREED, adjective Ornamented with filigrane.

878

FILING

FI'LING, participle present tense Placing on a string or wire, or in a bundle of papers; presenting for trial; marching in a file; smoothing with a file.

879

FILINGS

FI'LINGS, nounplural Fragments or particles rubbed off by the act of filing; as filings of iron.

880

FILL

FILL, verb transitive [Gr. allied perhaps to fold and felt; to stuff; Latin pilus, pileus. We are told that the Gr. to approach, signified originally to thrust or drive, Latin p...

881

FILLAGREE

FILLAGREE. [See Filigrane.]

882

FILLED

FILL'ED, participle passive Made full; supplied with abundance.

883

FILLER

FILL'ER, noun1. One who fills; one whose employment is to fill vessels.They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work.2. That which fills any sp...

884

FILLET

FIL'LET, noun [Latin filum.]1. A little band to tie about the hair of the head.A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair.2. The fleshy part of the thigh; applied to veal; as a f...

885

FILLIBEG

FIL'LIBEG, noun A little plaid; a dress reaching only to the knees, worn in the highlands of Scotland.

886

FILLING

FILL'ING, participle present tense Making full; supplying abundantly; growing full.FILL'ING, noun1. A making full; supply.2. The woof in weaving.

887

FILLIP

FIL'LIP, verb transitive [probably from the root of Latin pello, like pelt. See Filly.]To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and for...

888

FILLY

FIL'LY, noun [Latin filia, Eng. foal, a shoot, issue.]1. A female or mare colt; a young mare.2. A young horse. [Not used.]3. A wanton girl.

889

FILM

FILM, noun [Latin velamen, or from Latin pellis.]A thin skin; a pellicle, as on the eye. In plants, it denotes the thin skin which separates the seeds in pods.FILM, verb transit...

890

FILMY

FILM'Y, adjective Composed of thin membranes or pellicles.Whose filmy cord should bind the struggling fly.

891

FILTER

FIL'TER, nounA strainer; a piece of woolen cloth, paper or other substance, through which liquors are passed for defecation. A filter may be made in the form of a hollow inverte...