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<hw>Fil`a*men"tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>filamenteux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Filander</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"an*der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of kangaroo (<spn>Macropus Brunii</spn>), inhabiting New Guinea.</def>

<h1>Filanders</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"an*ders</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>filandres</ets>, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> thread.]</ety> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also <altname>backworm</altname>.</def>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Filar</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fi"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; <as>as, a <ex>filar</ex> microscope; a <ex>filar</ex> micrometer.</as></def>

<h1>Filaria</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fi*la"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See <er>Guinea worm</er>.</def>

<h1>Filatory</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>filatorium</ets> place for spinning, fr. <ets>filare</ets> to spin, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <def>A machine for forming threads.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>W. Tooke.</i>

<h1>Filature</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"a*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>filatura</ets>, fr. <ets>filare</ets> to spin: cf. F. <ets>filature</ets>. See <er>Filatory</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.</def>

<h1>Filbert</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Fil"bert</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. fr. <ets>fill + bread</ets>, as filling the bread or husk; cf. G. <ets>bartnuss</ets> (lit., bread nut) filbert; or perh. named from a St.<ets>Philibert</ets>, whose day, Aug. 22, fell in the nutting season.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of the <spn>Corylus Avellana</spn> or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.</def>

<note>&hand; In England <i>filberts</i> are usually large hazelnuts, especially the nuts from selected and cultivated trees. The American hazelnuts are of two other species.</note>

<cs><col>Filbert gall</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a gall resembling a filbert in form, growing in clusters on grapevines. It is produced by the larva of a gallfly (<spn>Cecidomyia</spn>).</cd></cs>

<h1>Filch</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Filch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Filched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Filching</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>feol<?/n</ets> to stick to, OHG. <ets>felhan</ets>, <ets>felahan</ets>, to hide, Icel. <ets>fela</ets>, Goth. <ets>filhan</ets> to hide, bury, Prov. E. <ets>feal</ets> to hide slyly, OE. <ets>felen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.</def>

<blockquote>Fain would they <b>filch</b> that little food away. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But he that <b>filches</b> from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Filcher</h1> <Xpage=558>

<hw>Filch"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who filches; a thief.</def>