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   Fill (?), n. [See Thill.] One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.  Mortimer.
   
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   Fill horse, a thill horse.  Shak.
   
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   Fill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filling.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full; akin to D. vullen, G. füllen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan. fylde, Goth. fulljan. See Full, a.]
   1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
   
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   The rain also filleth the pools. Ps. lxxxiv. 6.
   
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   Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. John ii. 7.
   
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   2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.
   
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   And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. Gen. i. 22.
   
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   The Syrians filled the country. 1 Kings xx. 27.
   
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   3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
   
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   Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? Matt. xv. 33.
   
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   Things that are sweet and fat are more filling. Bacon.
   
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   4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, “a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.”
   
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   5. To supply with an incumbent; as, “to fill an office or a vacancy”.  A. Hamilton.
   
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   6. (Naut.) (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, “the wind filled the sails”. (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails.
   
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   7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
   
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   To fill in, to insert; as, he filled in the figures. -- To fill out, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to make complete; as, to fill out a bill. -- To fill up, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. “The bliss that fills up all the mind.” Pope.  “And fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.”  Col. i. 24.
   
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   Fill (?), v. i.
   1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, “corn fills well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.”
   
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   2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
   
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   Give me some wine; fill full. Shak.
   
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   To back and fill. See under Back, v. i. -- To fill up, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.
   
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   Fill, n. [AS. fyllo. See Fill, v. t.]
   1. A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives complete satisfaction. “Ye shall eat your fill.”  Lev. xxv. 19.
   
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   I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. Shak.
   
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   2. That which fills; filling; filler; specif., an embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
   
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