filth, felt he, filthe, fulthe, velthe

[A. S. fyldh (properly fýldhu ). Formed by vowel change of u to ý, and by adding the suff. dhu to the adj.fúl foul; cogn. with O. H. Ger. fúlid a =filth, from fúl, vúl =foul. ( Skeat.) Dut. vuilte.] I. Lit .: Anything filthy, dirty, or foul; anything which fouls or defiles; dirt. II. Figuratively : 1. A filthy, foul, or loathsome creature or animal. "In that abbeye ne entrethe not no flye ne todes ne ewtes, ne suche foule, venymouse bestes, ne lyzs ne flees. For there were wont to ben many suche manere of filthes , that the monkes were in wille to leve the place."- Maun deville, p. 61. *2. A vile fellow. "Lest that foule felt he schold have ben found there." William of Palerne, 2,541. 3. Anything which defiles or pollutes the moral character; a corruption, a defilement, a pollution. "With water of baptym fro felt he we h us cleene." Lydgate: Minor Poems , p. 234. IMG:content-1632.png:[blocks in formation] Fallopian tube. 2. Bot .: An elastic toothed membrane situated beneath the operculum of any of the urn mo es (Bryaceae).