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<i>Knight.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A plane for making a rabbet.</def>

<cs><col>Fillister screw had</col>, <cd>a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top.</cd></cs>

<h1>Filly</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fillies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>fylia</ets>, <ets>fr</ets>. <ets>foli</ets> foal. See <er>Foal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. <er>Colt</er>, <er>Foal</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Neighing in likeness of a <b>filly</b> foal. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lively, spirited young girl.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Film</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Film</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>film</ets> skin, fr. <ets>fell</ets> skin; akin to <ets>fylmen</ets> membrane, OFries. <ets>filmene</ets> skin. See <er>Fell</er> skin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A thin skin; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity; hence, any thin, slight covering.</def>

<blockquote>He from thick <b>films</b> shall purge the visual ray. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A slender thread, as that of a cobweb.</def>

<blockquote>Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of <b>film</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Film</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Film</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.</def>

<blockquote>It will but skin and <b>film</b> the ulcerous place. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Filminess</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Film"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being filmy.</def>

<h1>Filmy</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Film"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Composed of film or films.</def>

<blockquote>Whose <b>filmy</b> cord should bind the struggling fly. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Filoplumaceous</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil`o*plu*ma"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the structure of a filoplume.</def>

<h1>Filoplume</h1> <Xpage=559>

<hw>Fil"o*plume</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread <?/ <ets>pluma</ets> a soft feather.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A hairlike feather; a father with a slender scape and without a web in most or all of its length.</def>

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<h1>Filose</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fi"lose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>filum</ets> a thread.]</ety> <def>Terminating in a threadlike process.</def>

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