▪ I. † ˈfilour Obs.
Forms: 4–5 fylor, -oure, -owre, 5 fillour.
[Shortened ad. OF. affiloir:—med.L. affīlātōrium, f. affīlāre: see affile v.]
A tool for sharpening steel, a hone or whetstone.
| c 1340 Gaw & Gr. Knt. 2225 With a borelych bytte..Fyled in a fylor, fowre fote large. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 160/2 Fylowre, of barbowrs crafte acutecula, filarium. 1483 Cath. Angl. 130/2 A Filoure, affilatorium. |
Hence † ˈfilour, v. Obs.—0 trans. To whet, sharpen.
| 1483 in Cath. Angl. 130/2. |
▪ II. filour
var. of feloure Obs. foliage.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 3690 Gilden platis, Flamband all in filour & fewlis en-blanchid. |
▪ III. [filour
explained in some Dicts. as ‘a curtain-rod,’ is from Bk. of Curtasye 447, where fylour is prob. a bad reading for sylour, celure.
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