[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That fills or is adapted to fill.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 300. Things that are Sweet and Fat, are more Filling: And doe swimme and hang more about the Mouth of the Stomacke; And goe not downe so speedily: And againe turne sooner to Choler, which is hot, and euer abateth the Appetite.
1674. P. Henry, Diaries & Lett. (1882), 267. I met Mr. Lawrence with whose good company I would be filld, but the world to come, not this, is the filling world, with the Servts of ye Lord.
1691–8. Norris, Pract. Disc., IV. 179. Can a Man Sin with this great and filling Thought before him?
1837. Dickens, Pickw., xliv. ‘Crumpets is not wholesome, sir,’ says the doctor, very fierce. ‘But they ’re so cheap,’ says the patient, comin’ down a little, ‘and so wery fillin’ at the price.’
1872. Daily News, 5 Nov. The most convenient, not to say filling, luncheon.
Hence Fillingly adv., in a filling manner.
1611. Cotgr., Fillingly, compleatly, perfectly.
