To fill up, repair, make good (a breach, hole, crevice, or defective place of any kind). Also with up. So to stop a leak (lit. and fig.).

transitive. (See quots.)

To fill up (a joint or other space) by cramming something in; spec. in Building, to fill in the inside (of a wall) with concrete or rubble. ? Obsolete…

To stop up the crevices of (windows, etc.).

transitive. Frequently with with. To apply molten metal, cement, etc., to the joints or gaps in (something), in order to create a seal or to…

Bricklaying. To level up (a joint) with mortar; to spread (mortar) along a joint. (Cf. 4.)

Scottish. transitive. To pack or cover (a wall, roof, etc.) with moss. Cf. fog, n.1 2. Obsolete. rare.

dialect. = chink, v.2 3.

transitive. (See quot. 1808.) Scottish.

transferred. To mend (a hole in a wall, road, etc.) by filling-in.

transitive. To pack or fill up (a space) with pug, cement, etc.; esp. to pack (the space between floor joists) with earth, sawdust, or some other…

To fill (up) chinks, esp. (U.S.) those between the logs in a log-house. (Cf. chinch, n.2, chinse, v.)

transitive. To fill up or finish with ‘grout’ or liquid mortar; to cement. Also with in.

Building and Carpentry. To close or cover the interstices between boards, slates, etc. with fillets. Cf. fillet, n.1 11b.

= garret, v.

To fill up or cover by dashing on mortar and cement.

transitive. To cover or smear with putty; to fix, mend, or join with putty; to fill up (a hole, joint, etc.) with putty. Also with in, up, etc.

transitive. To repair or fill with spackle. Occasionally with up, over, etc. Also figurative and in extended use.