Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FILE, v.t.² [Russ. opilevayu, and spilivayu, to file.]

1. To rub and smooth with a file; to polish.
2. To cut as with a file; to wear off or away by friction; as to file off a tooth.
3. [from Defile.] To foul or defile. [Not used.] Shak.