well-filedadj.

Brit.

/ˌwɛlˈfʌɪld/, U.S.

/ˌwɛlˈfaɪld/

Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and filed adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., filed adj.

Etymology: < well adv. + filed adj.

Highly smoothed; having all roughness removed. In early use frequently figurative of speech, poetry, etc.: polished, polite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > made smooth

well-filed1525

smoothed1611

smoothened1818

stroked1890

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. c.lxxix^v/2 Than they toke their speares with sharpe heedes well fyled [Fr. les glayves..aux pointes acherees..trenchans et affillés].

1565 tr. R. Shaklock in T. Drant Impii Cuiusdam Epigrammatis sig. d.ii^v Thy well fyled tongue.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. xviii. 251 The best Poets, with their well filed, and long studied verses.

1796 A. Thompson tr. Hist. Lamberg in German Misc. 242 No star, where the cardinal virtues stick out in sharp points, but a well rubbed, well filed, well polished globe.

1848 Mass. Q. Rev. Mar. 242 Burns found a rude speech in Auld Scotland, but the verses he sung..will live longer than the well filed lines of Pope.

1867 J. G. Benton Course Instr. Ordnance & Gunnery (ed. 3) vi. 330 All parts of the lock should be sound, well filed, and of proper form and dimensions.

1920 Pop. Sci. Apr. 144/2 The first essential is well filed and pointed teeth on saws and keen edges on planes and chisels.

2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Jan. She..has dirty (if rather well-filed) fingernails.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	well-filed
释义	well-filedadj. Brit. /ˌwɛlˈfʌɪld/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈfaɪld/ Forms: see well adv. and n.⁴ and filed adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., filed adj. Etymology: < well adv. + filed adj. Highly smoothed; having all roughness removed. In early use frequently figurative of speech, poetry, etc.: polished, polite. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > made smooth well-filed1525 smoothed1611 smoothened1818 stroked1890 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. f. c.lxxix^v/2 Than they toke their speares with sharpe heedes well fyled [Fr. les glayves..aux pointes acherees..trenchans et affillés]. 1565 tr. R. Shaklock in T. Drant Impii Cuiusdam Epigrammatis sig. d.ii^v Thy well fyled tongue. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. xviii. 251 The best Poets, with their well filed, and long studied verses. 1796 A. Thompson tr. Hist. Lamberg in German Misc. 242 No star, where the cardinal virtues stick out in sharp points, but a well rubbed, well filed, well polished globe. 1848 Mass. Q. Rev. Mar. 242 Burns found a rude speech in Auld Scotland, but the verses he sung..will live longer than the well filed lines of Pope. 1867 J. G. Benton Course Instr. Ordnance & Gunnery (ed. 3) vi. 330 All parts of the lock should be sound, well filed, and of proper form and dimensions. 1920 Pop. Sci. Apr. 144/2 The first essential is well filed and pointed teeth on saws and keen edges on planes and chisels. 2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Jan. She..has dirty (if rather well-filed) fingernails. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1525
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