\Fill\, n. [See {Thill}.]
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage. --Mortimer.
{Fill horse}, a thill horse. --Shak.

\Fill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Filling}.] [OE. fillen, fullen, AS. fyllan, fr. full full;
akin to D. vullen, G. f["u]llen, Icel. fylla, Sw. fylla, Dan.
fylde, Goth. fulljan. See {Full}, a.]
1. To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or
   contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be
   received; to occupy the whole capacity of.
         The rain also filleth the pools.      --Ps. lxxxiv.
                                               6.
         Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with
         water. Anf they filled them up to the brim. --John
                                               ii. 7.
2. To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush
   as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to
   swarm in or overrun.
         And God blessed them, saying. Be fruitful, and
         multiply, and fill the waters in the seas. --Gen. i.
                                               22.
         The Syrians filled the country.       --1 Kings xx.
                                               27.
3. To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
         Whence should we have so much bread in the
         wilderness, as to fillso great a multitude? --Matt.
                                               xv. 33.
         Things that are sweet and fat are more filling.
                                               --Bacon.
4. To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as
   an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a
   throne; the president fills the office of chief
   magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair.
5. To supply with an incumbent; as, to fill an office or a
   vacancy. --A. Hamilton.
6. (Naut.)
   (a) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled
       the sails.
   (b) To trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the
       after side of the sails.
7. (Civil Engineering) To make an embankment in, or raise the
   level of (a low place), with earth or gravel.
{To fill in}, to insert; as, he filled in the figures.
{To fill out}, to extend or enlarge to the desired limit; to
   make complete; as, to fill out a bill.
{To fill up}, to make quite full; to fill to the brim or
   entirely; to occupy completely; to complete. ``The bliss
   that fills up all the mind.'' --Pope. ``And fill up that
   which is behind of the afflictions of Christ.'' --Col. i.
   24.

\Fill\, v. i.
1. To become full; to have the whole capacity occupied; to
   have an abundant supply; to be satiated; as, corn fills
   well in a warm season; the sail fills with the wind.
2. To fill a cup or glass for drinking.
         Give me some wine; fill full.         --Shak.
{To back and fill}. See under {Back}, v. i.
{To fill up}, to grow or become quite full; as, the channel
   of the river fills up with sand.

\Fill\, n. [AS. fyllo. See {Fill}, v. t.]
A full supply, as much as supplies want; as much as gives
complete satisfaction. ``Ye shall eat your fill.'' --Lev.
xxv. 19.
      I'll bear thee hence, where I may weep my fill. --Shak.

\Fill\, n.
That which fills; filling; specif., an embankment, as in
railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the
place which is to be filled.