What is to rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth called?
file — To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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