Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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FILLIE, n. Gen.Sc. form of Eng. felly, felloe, the wooden rim or segment of the rim of a wheel. [′fɪle]Sc. 1776 Kames Gentleman Farmer 21:
Take
the body of a tree, six feet ten inches long, the larger the better,
made as near a perfect cylinder as possible. Surround this cylinder with
three rows of fillies, one row in the middle and one at each end. Line
these fillies with planks of wood equally long with the roller.Rxb. 1821 A. Scott Poems 168:
[He] did pick ilk fillie, spoke and nave, Frae the best wood his store-heap gave.Per. 1879 P. R. Drummond Perthshire in Bygone Days 426:
Observing a cart-wheel fillie before the clay kat.
