n. [ See Thill. ] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fill horse, a thill horse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Filled p. pr. & vb. n. Filling. ] [ OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. füllen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See Full, a. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rain also filleth the pools. Ps. lxxxiv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Gen. i. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? Matt. xv. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a vacancy. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures. --
To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill. --
To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. “The bliss that fills up all the mind.” Pope. “And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.” Col. i. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give me some wine; fill full. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To back and fill. See under Back, v. i. --
To fill up, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fyllo. See Fill, v. t. ] 1. A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. “Ye shall eat your fill.” Lev. xxv. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. variant spelling of filigree.
Syn. -- filigree, filagree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a young unmarried woman.
Syn. -- girl, filly, miss, missy, gal, young lady, young woman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [ Narrower terms: abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate), rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick with(predicate); brimful, brimful of(predicate), brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming with(predicate); chockablock(predicate), chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), chuck-full(predicate), cram full; congested, engorged; crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming, swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming with(predicate); flooded, inundated, swamped ; glutted, overfull; heavy with(predicate) ; laden, loaded ; overladen, overloaded ; stuffed ; stuffed; well-lined ]
Syn. -- full. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite of hollow.
Syn. -- solid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; -- of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free
Syn. -- occupied. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty “filling, ” such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is mere filler, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) A composition, as of powdered silica and oil, used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying paint, varnish, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Forestry) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as coppice under standards. Chiefly used in the pl. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From 1st Fill. ] A thill horse. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. filet, felet, fr. OF. filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. of fil a thread, fr. L. filum. See Fille a row. ] 1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A fillet of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. “Fillet of a fenny snake.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mach.) A concave filling in of a reëntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Arch.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Her.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mech.) The thread of a screw. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Any scantling smaller than a batten. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. (Anat.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. (Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arris fillet. See under Arris. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Filleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Filleting. ] To bind, furnish, or adorn with a fillet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Arch.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material of which fillets are made; also, fillets, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kilt. See Filibeg. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Filibuster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The woof in woven fabrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Back filling. (Arch.) See under Back, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Filliped p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping. ] [ For filp, flip. Cf. Flippant. ] 1. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. “You fillip me o' the head.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To snap; to project quickly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something serving to rouse or excite. [ 1913 Webster ]

I take a glass of grog for a filip. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Philopena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plane for making a rabbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fillies [ Cf. Icel. fylia, fr. foli foal. See Foal. ] 1. (Zool.) A female foal or colt; a young mare. Cf. Colt, Foal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neighing in likeness of a filly foal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lively, spirited young girl. [ Colloq. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fulfilled p. pr. & vb. n. Fulfilling. ] [ OE. fulfillen, fulfullen, AS. fulfyllan; ful full + fyllan to fill. See Full, a., and Fill, v. t. ] [ Written also fulfil. ] 1. To fill up; to make full or complete. [ Obs. ] “Fulfill her week” Gen. xxix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suffer thou that the children be fulfilled first, for it is not good to take the bread of children and give to hounds. Wyclif (Mark vii. 27). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a desire, prayer, or requirement, etc.; to complete by performance; to answer the requisitions of; to bring to pass, as a purpose or design; to effectuate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will, fulfill the desire of them fear him. Ps. cxlv. 199. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here Nature seems fulfilled in all her ends. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Servants must their masters' minds fulfill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fulfills. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also fulfilment. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of fulfilling; accomplishment; completion; as, the fulfillment of prophecy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Execution; performance; as, the fulfillment of a promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect or failure to fulfill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill to excess; to surcharge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To fill, or become full, again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]