Part 4306

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<hw>Fil"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>filtre</ets>, the same word as <ets>feutre</ets> felt, LL. <ets>filtrum</ets>, <ets>feltrum</ets>, felt, fulled wool, this being used for straining liquors. See <er>Feuter</er>.]</ety> <def>Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air.</def>

<cs><col>Filter bed</col>, <cd>a pond, the bottom of which is a filter composed of sand gravel.</cd> -- <col>Filter gallery</col>, <cd>an underground gallery or tunnel, alongside of a stream, to collect the water that filters through the intervening sand and gravel; -- called also <altname>infiltration gallery</altname>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fil"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Filtered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Filtering</er>]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>filter</ets>. See <er>Filter</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Filtrate</er>.]</ety> <def>To purify or defecate, as water or other liquid, by causing it to pass through a filter.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Filtering paper</col>, &or; <col>Filter paper</col></mcol>, <cd>a porous unsized paper, for filtering.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fil"ter</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To pass through a filter; to percolate.</def>

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<hw>Fil"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Philter</er>.</def>

<h1>Filth</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Filth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>filthe</ets>, <ets>ful\'ebe</ets>, AS. <ets>f<?/l\'eb</ets>, fr. <ets>f\'d4l</ets> foul; akin to OHG. <ets>f\'d4lida</ets>. See <er>Foul</er>, and cf. <er>File</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Foul matter; anything that soils or defiles; dirt; nastiness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.</def>

<blockquote>To purify the soul from the dross and <b>filth</b> of sensual delights. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Filth disease</col> <fld>(Med.)</fld>, <cd>a disease supposed to be due to pollution of the soil or water.</cd></cs>

<h1>Filthily</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Filth"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a filthy manner; foully.</def>

<h1>Filthiness</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Filth"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being filthy.</def>

<blockquote>Let us cleanse ourselves from all <b>filthiness</b> of the flesh and spirit. <i>2 Cor. vii. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity.</def>

<blockquote>Carry forth the <b>filthiness</b> out of the holy place. <i>2 Chron. xxix. 5.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Filth"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Filthier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Filthiest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene.</def> "In the <i>filthy</i>-mantled pool."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>He which is <b>filthy</b> let him be <b>filthy</b> still. <i>Rev. xxii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Nasty; foul; dirty; squalid; unclean; sluttish; gross; vulgar; licentious. See <er>Nasty</er>.</syn>

<h1>Filtrate</h1> <Xpage=560>