Part 4302

<h1>Filing</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; <as>as, iron <ex>filings</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Filipendulous</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil`i*pen"du*lous</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread + <ets>pendulus</ets> hanging, fr. <ets>pend<?/re</ets> to hang.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.</def>

<h1>Fill</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Thill</er>.]</ety> <def>One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<cs><col>Fill horse</col>, <cd>a thill horse.</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Fill</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fill</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Filled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Filling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>fillen</ets>, <ets>fullen</ets>, AS. <ets>fyllan</ets>, fr. <ets>full</ets> full; akin to D. <ets>vullen</ets>, G. <ets>f\'81llen</ets>, Icel. <ets>fylla</ets>, Sw. <ets>fylla</ets>, Dan. <ets>fylde</ets>, Goth. <ets>fulljan</ets>. See <er>Full</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>The rain also <b>filleth</b> the pools. <i>Ps. lxxxiv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Jesus saith unto them, <b>Fill</b> the waterpots with water. Anf they <b>filled</b> them up to the brim. <i>John ii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and <b>fill</b> the waters in the seas. <i>Gen. i. 22.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Syrians <b>filled</b> the country. <i>1 Kings xx. 27.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.</def>

<blockquote>Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to <b>fill</b>so great a multitude? <i>Matt. xv. 33.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Things that are sweet and fat are more <b>filling</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; <as>as, a king <ex>fills</ex> a throne; the president <ex>fills</ex> the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House <ex>fills</ex> the chair.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To supply with an incumbent; <as>as, to <ex>fill</ex> an office or a vacancy</as>.</def>

<i>A. Hamilton.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To press and dilate, as a sail; <as>as, the wind <ex>filled</ex> the sails</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Civil Engineering)</fld> <def>To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.</def>

<cs><col>To fill in</col>, <cd>to insert; as, he <i>filled in<i> the figures.</cd> -- <col>To fill out</col>, <cd>to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to <i>fill out<i> a bill.</cd> -- <col>To fill up</col>, <cd>to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete.</cd> "The bliss that <i>fills up<i> all the mind." <i>Pope.</i> "And <i>fill up</i> that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ." <i>Col. i. 24.</i></cs>

<h1>Fill</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fill</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; <as>as, corn <ex>fills</ex> well in a warm season; the sail <ex>fills</ex> with the wind.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fill a cup or glass for drinking.</def>