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<blockquote>Give me some wine; <b>fill</b> full. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To back and fill</col>. See under <er>Back</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt> -- <col>To fill up</col>, <cd>to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river <i>fills up<i> with sand.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fill</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>fyllo</ets>. See <er>Fill</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction.</def> "Ye shall eat your <i>fill</i>."

<i>Lev. xxv. 19.</i>

<blockquote>I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my <b>fill</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fill"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.</def>

<blockquote>'T is mere <b>filer</b>, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They have six diggers to four <b>fillers</b>, so as to keep the <b>fillers</b> always at work. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Fill"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From 1st <er>Fill</er>.]</ety> <def>A thill horse.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Fil"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>filet</ets>, <ets>felet</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>filet</ets> thread, fillet of meat, dim. of <ets>fil</ets> a thread, fr. L. <ets>filum</ets>. See <er>Fille</er> a row.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head.</def>

<blockquote>A belt her waist, a <b>fillet</b> binds her hair. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Cooking)</fld> <def>A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied.</def>

<note>&hand; A <i>fillet</i> of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called <i>tenderloin</i>. A <i>fillet</i> of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A <i>fillet</i> of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. "<i>Fillet</i> of a fenny snake."</note>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> A strip of metal from which coins are punched. <sd>(b)</sd> A strip of card clothing. <sd>(c)</sd> A thin projecting band or strip.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A concave filling in of a re\'89ntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Base</er>, and <er>Column</er>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>The thread of a screw.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Any scantling smaller than a batten.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <fld>(Man.)</fld> <def>The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests.</def>