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[syn: makeweight, filler]
5. the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Filler \Fill"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling.
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'T is mere filler, to stop a vacancy in the
hexameter. --Dryden.
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They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep
the fillers always at work. --Mortimer.
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2. (Paint.) A composition, as of powdered silica and oil,
used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying
paint, varnish, etc.
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3. (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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Filler \Fill"er\, n. [From 1st Fill.]
A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
filler
n 1: used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
2: 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
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,
filler]
5: the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar