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▪ I. † ˈfilour Obs.
Forms: 4–5 fylor, -oure, -owre, 5 fillour.
[Shortened ad. OF. affiloir:—med.L. affīlātōrium, f. affīlāre: see affile v.]
A tool for sharpening steel, a hone or whetstone.
c1340Gaw & Gr. Knt. 2225 With a borelych bytte..Fyled in a fylor, fowre fote large. c1440Promp. Parv. 160/2 Fylowre, of barbowrs crafte acutecula, filarium. 1483Cath. Angl. 130/2 A Filoure, affilatorium.
Hence † ˈfilour, v. Obs.—0 trans. To whet, sharpen.
1483in Cath. Angl. 130/2.
▪ II. filour
var. of feloure Obs. foliage.
a1400–50Alexander 3690 Gilden platis, Flamband all in filour & fewlis en-blanchid.
▪ III. [filour
explained in some Dicts. as ‘a curtain-rod,’ is from Bk. of Curtasye 447, where fylour is prob. a bad reading for sylour, celure.
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