Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of File. 2. (n.) A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings.

Multi-Version Concordance Filing (1 Occurrence) 1 Samuel 13:21 yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads. (See JPS)