Hypertext Webster Gateway: "filler"
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) 1.7 (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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