filister

[fil-uh-ster]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Carpentry.

fillister.

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The frames which hold the covering glass should preferably fit by a tongue resting in a groove, ploughed with a "filister" in the substance of the drawer itself.

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For "filister" read "fillister"; according to more or less contemporary dictionaries, it is a misspelling.

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Filipinx fill

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