file shell

Conchol.: A bivalve mollusk of the genus Pholas. file-stripper, s. A machine in which a worn-out file, after being softened by heat and slow cooling, is smoothed to prepare it for being re-cut. file (3), s . [Prob. the same word as vile (q. v.).] *1. A vile, wretched, mean, contemptible fellow. "Yit auanced he that file untille a faire thing." Robert de Brunne , p. 237. 2. A shrewd, artful, or cunning person. ( Slang .) 1826 file (1), v. t. & i. [FILE (1), 8. ] A. Transitive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. To place or string upon a file; as, to file papers; to arrange papers in order, indorsing the title, date, ., of each on the back. 2. To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting the proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. "An application to file petitions in liquidation made on the previous day had been adjourned." -London Daily Telegraph . II. Law : Το place upon the files or among the records of a court; to note upon a paper the fact and date of its reception in court. IMG:content-1620.png:[blocks in formation] "They which would file away most from the largene of that offer, do in more sparing times acknowledge little le ."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity. *file (3), v. t. [A. S. fýlan, from fúl =foul (q. v.).] I. Ordinary Language: IMG:content-1621.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To attribute, to a ign. "No one can hesitate at filiating them upon the ips is sim us Luther." -Southey: The Doctor, ch. ccxxxi.