[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

file \file\ fimacl, n. as. fe'ol; akin to d. viji, ohg.
   fimacla, fimachala, g. feile, sw. fil, dan. fiil, cf.
   icel. thorn=el, russ. pila, and skr. pi,c to cut out,
   adorn; perh. akin to e. paint.
   1. a steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made
      by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or
      smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc.
      1913 webster

   note: a file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made
         by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed,
         while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the
         pyramidal end of a triangular punch.
         1913 webster

   2. anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or
      figuratively.
      1913 webster

            mock the nice touches of the critic's file.
                                                  --akenside.
      1913 webster

   3. a shrewd or artful person. slang --fielding.
      1913 webster

            will is an old file in spite of his smooth face.
                                                  --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   bastard file, cross file, etc. see under bastard,
      cross, etc.

   cross-cut file, a file having two sets of teeth crossing
      obliquely.

   file blank, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for
      cutting to form a file.

   file cutter, a maker of files.

   second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer
      than bastard.

   single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel
      teeth; a float.

   smooth file, a file having teeth so fine as to make an
      almost smooth surface.
      1913 webster
see also:
bastard file cross file bastard cross cross-cut file file blank 
file cutter second-cut file single-cut file smooth file 

Cross-Cut >> C Words
Cross-Cut, definition of term: Cross-Cut
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File >> F Words
File, definition of term: File
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File Extension >> F Words
File Extension, definition of term: File Extension
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File Server >> F Words
File Server, definition of term: File Server
file+server_pag1.html

File System >> F Words
File System, definition of term: File System
file+system_pag1.html

File Transfer >> F Words
File Transfer, definition of term: File Transfer
file+transfer_pag1.html

File Compressio >> F Words
File Compressio, definition of term: File Compressio
file+compressio_pag1.html

File Cabinet >> F Words
File Cabinet, definition of term: File Cabinet
file+cabinet_pag1.html

Computer File >> C Words
Computer File, definition of term: Computer File
computer+file_pag1.html

Circular File >> C Words
Circular File, definition of term: Circular File
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