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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Filler  \Fill"er\,  n. 
  1.  (Paint.)  A  composition,  as  of  powdered  silica  and  oil, 
  used  to  fill  the  pores  and  grain  of  wood  before  applying 
  paint,  varnish,  etc 
 
  2.  (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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Filler  \Fill"er\,  n.  [From  1st  {Fill}.] 
  A  thill  horse.  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Filler  \Fill"er\,  n. 
  One  who  or  that  which  fills;  something  used  for  filling. 
 
  'T  is  mere  filler,  to  stop  a  vacancy  in  the  hexameter. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  They  have  six  diggers  to  four  fillers,  so  as  to  keep 
  the  fillers  always  at  work  --Mortimer. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  filler 
  n  1:  used  for  filling  cracks  or  holes  in  a  surface 
  2:  100  filler  equal  1  forint 
  3:  copy  to  fill  space  between  more  important  articles  in  the 
  layout  of  a  magazine  or  newspaper 
  4:  anything  added  to  fill  out  a  whole;  "some  of  the  items  in 
  the  collection  are  mere  makeweights"  [syn:  {makeweight}] 
  5:  the  tobacco  used  to  form  the  core  of  a  cigar 




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