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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 160/2 Fyllynge, implecio.

1486 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 253 Fullyng vp of þe dyke.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Remplissement, a filling.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 147 They..imagine the filling of that [the belly] the full fruite of all their expected good.

1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 209 This Wall being made all round, you begin the Filling in of the Bottom.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 38 b One thing is proper..for the outward Face of the Wall, another for the cramming and filling up the middle Parts.

1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §114 The interior filling of the walls was with rough Rubble.

1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1851) II. 31 Such a filling up of the time as will keep you away from the evil communications.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 190 He..does his filling-in rather shabbily.

1884 Birmingham Daily Post 23 Feb. 3/4 Wanted, several Boys, used to Filling-in and Finishing.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Filling, the filling up of a moulding box with its body of sand enclosing a pattern.

1958 Spectator 4 July 13/2 As ‘ribbon development’ is now a dirty phrase, the new horror is called ‘filling in’.

1959 Gloss. Packaging Terms (B.S.I.) 35 Filling-in, a process for applying paint or other materials to a recessed design to obtain a contrasting colour effect.

1967 Gloss. Paper/Ink Terms for Letterpress Printing (B.S.I.) 5 Filling in, the spreading of the printed image, to the point where the small white spaces are obliterated.