a broad file (file, n.1 1a), thicker in the middle than at the edges.

a thin and tapering file, with a very sharp edge.

a small file used for delicate or detailed work.

a file affixed to the work-bench (instead of being held in the hand), for having the work rubbed upon it.

A file of triangular section, two sides being single-cut, and one smooth; used by comb-makers.

A comb-maker's file.

a kind of file with three sides, two of which are toothed and the third one smooth.

A narrow elongated tool with a curved file surface at each end, used by sculptors, metalworkers, and woodcarvers in filing concave surfaces.

A flat file or rasp used as a plane in filing flat surfaces, as in comb-making.

A file with a smooth edge; (also) the smooth edge itself.

Short for cross-cut file: see cross-cut, adj. 2.

a file specially adapted for sharpening the teeth of saws.

a kind of file for shaping a shoulder.

The fashioning of the wards of keys, in warding file (see quots.).

A comb-maker's tool (see quot. 1874).

a file for trimming and adjusting the sides of the teeth of a saw.

a file with cutting faces at an obtuse angle to each other.

Archaeology. A bone tool used for sharpening pins. rare.