Lexicographical Neighbors of Filisters
Literary usage of Filisters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1837)
"... and where any of the external glands were enlarged, and painful, filisters
have been occasionally used in swellings of the submaxillary or cervical ..."
2. A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1900)
"212 — to 5 filisters at 10/ 2 10 — to 4 quarter rounds at 10/ 2 — — to a Sett of
Sash tules 250 to 4 Mortis Chisels at 6/ 140 to 6 ..."
3. Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs by Spon (1901)
"It is sold by Churchills, Finsbury, at prices varying from 90«. for the 2-u eizo,
to 135s. for the4-in. 370. Combination filisters.—Miller's combination ..."
4. Litterarische fantasien en kritieken by Conrad Busken Huet, Maurits Horn (1882)
"... maar den filisters in Stratford was het bewijs geleverd, dat men even goed
als zij de kunst verstond, een man in bonis te worden. l 1. ..."
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