a. See Affiliated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Affiliation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. afiler, F. affiler, to sharpen; a (L. ad) + fil thread, edge. ] To polish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Is the soul affiliated to God, or is it estranged and in rebellion? I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
How do these facts tend to affiliate the faculty of hearing upon the aboriginal vegetative processes? H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Affiliated societies,
v. i. To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with;
adj.
n. [ F. affiliation, LL. affiliatio. ]
‖n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + filar. ] Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads;
Bifilar micrometer (often called
a bifilar
‖n. [ Ar. ] See Cafila. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A filter, as for sugar, in which a cylinder with a porous or foraminous periphery is rapidly rotated so as to drive off liquid by centrifugal action. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
adv. Clownishly; surlily. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, used in a movie camera.
v. i. & t. to register as a candidate for more than one political party in the same election. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. an order of fossil gymnospermous trees or climbing plants from the Devonian: seed ferns.
v. t.
n. (Mil.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. (Mil.) Same as Defilade. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. défilé, fr. défiler to defile. ]
v. t. [ OE. defoulen, -foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de- + fouler to trample (see Full, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in form by the older verb defoilen). See File to defile, Foul, Defoul. ]
They that touch pitch will be defiled. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezek. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith. Lev. xxii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. [ Cf. F. défilement. See Defile ] (Mil.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From 3d Defile. ] The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Defilements of the flesh. Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. de- + filius son. ] Abstraction of a child from its parents. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. enfiler to thread, go trough a street or square, rake with shot; pref. en- (L. in) + fil thread. See File a row. ]
v. t.
p. a. [ F. enfiler to pierce, thread. ] (Her.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it;
obs. imp. of Fall, v. i. Fell. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. filum thread. ] Composed of threads. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. filace a file, or thread, on which the records of the courts of justice were strung, F. filasse tow of flax or hemp, fr. L. filum thread. ] (Eng. Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. filament, fr. L. filum thread. See File a row. ] A thread or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber;
a. Having the character of, or formed by, a filament. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Filament + -oid. ] Like a filament. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. filamenteux. ] Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ F. filandres, fr. L. filum thread. ] (Falconry) 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
a. [ L. filum a thread. ] Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view;
n.;
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. filum a thread. ] (Zool.) a former genus comprised of certain nematodes, now classed as belonging to several genera within the family
a.
n. [ NL. ]
adj. of or pertaining to family
n. a natural family consisting of threadlike roundworms, called filariae.
n. [ F., fr. fil thread, L. filum. ] Vegetable fiber, as jute or ramie, prepared for manufacture. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]