Filar Fi"lar adjective [ Latin filum a thread.] Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.

Filaria Fi·la"ri·a noun [ New Latin , from Latin filum a thread.] (Zoology) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm .

Filarial Fi·la"ri·al adjective 1. (Zoology & Med.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filariĉ and allied parasitic worms.

2. Straight, as if in a line; as, the filarial flight of birds.

Filariasis Fil`a·ri"a·sis noun [ New Latin ] (Medicine) The presence of filariĉ in the blood; infection with filariĉ.

Filasse Fi·lasse" noun [ French, from fil thread, Latin filum .] Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.

Filatory Fil"a·to·ry noun [ Late Latin filatorium place for spinning, from filare to spin, from Latin filum a thread.] A machine for forming threads. [ Obsolete] W. Tooke.

Filature Fil"a·ture noun [ Late Latin filatura , from filare to spin: confer French filature . See Filatory .] 1. A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. Ure.

2. A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.

Filbert Fil"bert noun [ Perh. from fill + bread , as filling the bread or husk; confer German bartnuss (lit., bread nut) filbert; or perhaps named from a St. Philibert , whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.] (Botany) The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.

» In England filberts are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species.

Filbert gall (Zoology) , a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly ( Cecidomyia ).

Filch Filch (fĭlch) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Filched (fĭlcht); present participle & verbal noun Filching .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon feolan to stick to, Old High German felhan , felahan , to hide, Icelandic fela , Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. English feal to hide slyly, Middle English felen .] To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

Fain would they filch that little food away.

Dryden.

But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.

Shak.

Filcher Filch"er (fĭlch"ẽr) noun One who filches; a thief.

Filchingly Filch"ing·ly adverb By pilfering or petty stealing.

File File (fīl) noun [ French file row (cf. Pr., Spanish , Portuguese , & Italian fila ), Late Latin fila , from Latin filum a thread. Confer Enfilade , Filament , Fillet .] 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.

» 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.

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. [ Obsolete]

Let me resume the file of my narration.

Sir H. Wotton.

File firing , the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others. -- File leader , the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him. -- 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. -- Indian file , or Single file , a line of men marching one behind another; a single row. -- On file , preserved in an orderly collection. -- Rank and file . (a) The body of soldiers constituing 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.

File File transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Filed ; present participle & verbal noun 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.

I would have my several courses and my dishes well filed .

Beau. & Fl.

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.

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.

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.

File File intransitive verb [ Confer French filer .] (Mil.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off .

To file with , to follow closely, as one soldier after another in file; to keep pace.

My endeavors
Have ever come too short of my desires,
Yet filed with my abilities.

Shak.

File File (fīl) noun [ Anglo-Saxon feól ; akin to Dutch viji , Old High German fīla , fīhala , German feile , Swedish fil , Danish fiil , confer Icelandic þēl , Russian pila , and Sanskrit piç to cut out, adorn; perhaps akin to English 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.

» 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.

2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively.

Mock the nice touches of the critic's file .

Akenside.

3. A shrewd or artful person. [ Slang] Fielding.

Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face.

Thackeray.

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 File transitive verb 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 File transitive verb [ Middle English fulen , filen , foulen , Anglo-Saxon f...lan , from f...l foul. See Foul , and confer Defile , transitive verb ] To make foul; to defile. [ Obsolete]

All his hairy breast with blood was filed .

Spenser.

For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind.

Shak.

File closer File" clos`er (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.

Filefish File"fish` noun (Zoology) 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 Fil"e·mot noun See Feullemort . Swift.

Filer Fil"er noun One who works with a file.

Filial Fil"ial adjective [ Latin filialis , from filius son, filia daughter; akin to e. female , feminine . Confer 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 Fil"ial·ly adverb In a filial manner.

Filiate Fil"i·ate transitive verb To adopt as son or daughter; to establish filiation between. [ R.] Southey.

Filiation Fil`i·a"tion noun [ Late Latin filiatio , from Latin filius son: confer French 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 father; affiliation. Smart.

Filiation Fil`i·a"tion noun 1. Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a language.

2. One that is derived from a parent or source; an offshoot; as, the filiations are from a common stock.

Filibeg Fil"i·beg noun [ Gael. feileadhbeag , i. e. , little kilt; feileadh kilt + beag little, small; confer filleadh a plait, fold.] Same as Kilt . [ Written also philibeg .]

Filibuster Fil"i·bus`ter noun [ Spanish flibuster , flibustero , corrupted from English 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 Fil"i·bus·ter intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Fillibustered ; present participle & verbal noun 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 Fil"i·bus`ter·ism noun The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. Bartlett.

Filical Fil"i·cal adjective Belonging to the Filices , r ferns.

Filicic Fi·lic"ic adjective [ Latin filix , -icis , a fern.] (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, ferns; as, filicic acid.

Filicide Fil"i·cide noun [ Latin filius son, filia daughter + caedere to kill.] The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.

Filiciform Fi·lic"i·form adjective [ Latin filix , -icis , fern + -form : confer French filiciforme ] Shaped like a fern or like the parts of a fern leaf. Smart.

Filicoid Fil"i·coid adjective [ Latin filix , -icis , fern + -oid : confer French filicoiïde .] (Botany) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.

Filicoid Fil"i·coid noun (Botany) A fernlike plant. Lindley.

Filiety Fi·li"e·ty noun [ Latin filietas .] The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity . J. S. Mill.

Filiferous Fi·lif"er·ous adjective [ Latin filum a thread + -ferous .] Producing threads. Carpenter.

Filiform Fil"i·form adjective [ Latin filum thread + -form : confer French filiforme .] Having the shape of a thread or filament; as, the filiform papillĉ of the tongue; a filiform style or peduncle. See Illust . of AntennĈ .

Filigrain, Filigrane Fil"i·grain, Fil"i·grane noun [ Spanish filigrana (cf. Italian filigrana , English filigrane ), from Latin filum a thread + granum grain. See File a row, and Grain , and confer Filigree .] Filigree. [ Archaic]

With her head . . . touches the crown of filigrane .

Longfellow.

Filigraned Fil"i·graned adjective See Filigreed . [ Archaic]

Filigree Fil"i·gree noun [ Corrupted from 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 Fil"i·gree adjective 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 Fil"i·greed adjective Adorned with filigree. Tatler.

Filing Fil"ing noun A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings .

Filioque Fil`i·o"que noun (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).

Filipendulous Fil`i·pen"du·lous adjective [ Latin filum a thread + pendulus hanging, from pend...re to hang.] (Botany) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.

Filipino Fil`i·pi"no noun ; plural Filipinos . [ Spanish ] A native of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood.

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.

Fill Fill noun [ See Thill .] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer.

Fill horse , a thill horse. Shak.

Fill Fill transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Filled ; present participle & verbal noun Filling .] [ Middle English fillen , fullen , Anglo-Saxon fyllan , from full full; akin to Dutch vullen , German füllen , Icelandic fylla , Swedish fylla , Danish fylde , Goth. fulljan . See Full , adjective ] 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. (Nautical) (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.

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