file cutting

The act or art of cutting files. File-cutting machine : A machine by which files are cut automatically. file-fish, s. Zool .: A name given to the Balistide, a family of fishes belonging to the order Plectognath i, from the toothed character of the dorsal spine. Alutera schæpfi, commonly called the orange file-fish, is common on the coast of New England. Balistes capriscus is frequently captured off the north of Scotland, the west of Ireland, and the English Channel. They grow to a length of fourteen inches. [BALISTES, BALISTIDE.]