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imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer.

Composed of threads. Bacon.

A former officer in the English Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. [Obs.] Burrill.

A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.

Like a filament.

Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray.

A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.

A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm. Sir T. Browne.

g to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.

A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.

Of, pertaining to, or caused by, filariæ and allied parasitic worms.

The presence of filariæ in the blood; infection with filariæ.

Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture.

A machine for forming threads. [Obs.] W. Tooke.

A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. Ure.

The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.

eal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer. Fain would they filch that little food away. Dryden. But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. Shak.

One who filches; a thief.

By pilfering or petty stealing.