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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Filch \Filch\ (f[icr]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filched} (f[icr]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Filching}.] [Cf. AS. feolan to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.] To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer. Fain would they filch that little food away. --Dryden. But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. --Shak. | |
