fillister
(ˈfɪlɪstə(r))
[Of unknown origin.]
a. A rabbeting plane used in making window-sashes, etc. b. (See quot. 1874.)
| 1819 Rees' Cycl. xxvii. s.v. Plane, There is also a third sort [of rebating planes], called fillisters, used for sinking, or cutting away the edge of the piece of wood to form the rebate. 1874 Knight Dict. Mech. I. 844/2 Fillister, the rabbet on the outer edge of a sash-bar, to hold the glass and the putty. |