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val form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle).

Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

A shell or cup of pastry filled with custard, whipped cream, crushed macaroons, etc.

Becoming a daughter; filial. Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.

marksman. (b) A shot certain to be made. -- Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files. -- Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b)…

To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.

ing impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott.

d of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

; as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. Shadowing squadrons deep. Milton. Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. Shak.

To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.

To make foul; to defile. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.

Fully prostrate; humble; low; rude. [Obs.] How may weak mortal ever hope to file His unsmooth tongue, and his deprostrate style. G. Fletcher.

Filled with desire; eager. [R.] The desireful troops. Godfrey (1594).

; extremely hateful; very odious; deserving abhorrence; as, detestable vices. Thou hast defiled my sanctuary will all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations. Ezek. v. 11.

To defile; to disfigure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

A Linnæan class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments.

or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens).

Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. "The regal diadem." Milton.