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To fill; to stuff; to cram. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

As much as a trowel will hold; enough to fill a trowel.

As much as a trunk will hold; enough to fill a trunk.

As much as a tub will hold; enough to fill a tub.

As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.

An electric glow lamp having filaments of metallic tungsten. Such lamps, owing to the refractory nature of the metal, may be maintained at a very high temperature and require an expenditure of only about 1.25 watts per candle power.

The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda.

Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting. Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. Milton.

As much as a tureen can hold; enough to fill a tureen.

That upper stratum of earth and vegetable mold which is filled with the roots of grass and other small plants, so as to adhere and form a kind of mat; sward; sod. At his head a grass-green turf. Shak. The Greek historian sets her in the field on a high heap of turves. Milton.

cif. (Elec.), designating, or pertaining to, an incandescent lamp with a small additional filament which can be made incandescent when only a small amount of light is required.

A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de- frise. [R.] Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike. -- Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc.

A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] Locke.

To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.

Affected with an ulcer or ulcers; ulcerated. It will but skin and film the ulcerous place. Shak. -- Ul"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Ul"cer*ous*ness, n.

Not filled with din.

to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.

Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. Sir H. Wotton.