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English → English (gcide) Definition: Arris fillet Arris \Ar"ris\, n. [OF. areste, F. ar[^e]te, fr. L. arista the top or beard of an ear of grain, the bone of a fish.] (Arch.) The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the flutings in a Doric column. --P. Cyc. [1913 Webster] Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. --Gwilt. Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster] Fillet \Fil"let\, n. [OE. filet, felet, fr. OF. filet thread, fillet of meat, dim. of fil a thread, fr. L. filum. See Fille a row.] 1. A little band, especially one intended to encircle the hair of the head. [1913 Webster] A belt her waist, a fillet binds her hair. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cooking) A piece of lean meat without bone; sometimes, a long strip rolled together and tied. [1913 Webster] Note: A fillet of beef is the under side of the sirlom; also called tenderloin. A fillet of veal or mutton is the fleshy part of the thigh. A fillet of fish is a slice of flat fish without bone. “Fillet of a fenny snake.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A thin strip or ribbon; esp.: (a) A strip of metal from which coins are punched. (b) A strip of card clothing. (c) A thin projecting band or strip. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mach.) A concave filling in of a re["e]ntrant angle where two surfaces meet, forming a rounded corner. [1913 Webster] 5. (Arch.) A narrow flat member; especially, a flat molding separating other moldings; a reglet; also, the space between two flutings in a shaft. See Illust. of Base, and Column. [1913 Webster] 6. (Her.) An ordinary equaling in breadth one fourth of the chief, to the lowest portion of which it corresponds in position. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mech.) The thread of a screw. [1913 Webster] 8. A border of broad or narrow lines of color or gilt. [1913 Webster] 9. The raised molding about the muzzle of a gun. [1913 Webster] 10. Any scantling smaller than a batten. [1913 Webster] 11. (Anat.) A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain. [1913 Webster] 12. (Man.) The loins of a horse, beginning at the place where the hinder part of the saddle rests. [1913 Webster] Arris fillet. See under Arris. [1913 Webster]