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▪ I. refill, n. (and a.)|ˈriːfɪl, riːˈfɪl|
[re- 5 a: cf. next.]
a. That which serves to refill anything; a fresh fill for a memorandum or pencil case, etc.
1886Athenæum 25 Dec. 847/1 (Advt.) The Student's Writing Tablets..Refills for size No. 1. 1888Advt., Pencil..with Box of Eight Patent Black Copying Ink Refills.
b. The renewed contents of a glass; a second or further drink.
1929‘E. Queen’ Roman Hat Mystery iii. 53, I asked her if it was time to go in for my orangeade refills. 1960C. MacInnes Mr Love & Justice 79 The star ponce beckoned for refills... The girl..brought the glasses. 1966M. Sharman Seeds of Violence ii. 11 ‘I think we'd better have refills.’ He busied himself with the drinks. 1968‘R. Raine’ Night of Hawk xxxiii. 156 Drink up and I'll give you a refill. 1977Rolling Stone 30 June 25/1 She lets go with a loud, decidedly unsentimental laugh that startles a room-service waiter trying to set down refills on a coffee table hopelessly cluttered with empty glasses and Heineken bottles.
c. adj. That requires or serves as a refill.
1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 345/1 Nickel Pencil..4 in. long, with refill leads. 1918W. Owen Let. 9 Sept. (1967) 574 I'd like a parcel with re-fill battery, cigarettes, & chocolate. 1921Edin. Rev. Jan. 158 Perhaps in time each party will provide not only its own refill ministers and kitchenmaids but even its own king. 1961Lebende Sprachen VI. 103/2 Refill cartridge, die Nachfüllmine..für Kugelschreiber.
▪ II. reˈfill, v.
Also 8–9 refil.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. and intr. To fill again.
a. trans.1687in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II (O.H.S.) 96 To have all the places of the College refilled..with..Priests. a1745Broome Anacreon, Ode l, See! how the mimic clusters roll, As ready to refil the bowl. 1816Byron Ch. Har. iii. lxxxii, Dungeons and thrones, which the same hour refill'd. 1830Lytton P. Clifford ix, The watchman was good-natured enough to assist him in re-filling the barrow. 1863Sat. Rev. 22 Aug. 245 To re-fill the places where the foremost assailants of the breach had been struck down.
b. intr.1744Warrick in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 15 Hence, to the latter End of October, she [a dropsical patient] re⁓filled incredibly. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 451 If they [the cysts] refill, they should be laid open.
Add: Hence reˈfilled ppl. a., that has been filled again.
1958P. Scott Mark of Warrior i. 38 Ramsay took the refilled glass. 1979J. Gerson Omega Factor i. 40 Julia came into the room carrying the refilled teapot. |