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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Phī'al, n. p. 980A glass vessel or bottle, especially of small size, for liquids, as for medicines, and the like; a vial. See VIAL. Take then this phial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou off.…Phī'al, v. t. p. 980To put or keep in a phial. Shenstone.Phĭl'a-dĕl'phi-an, a. p. 980Pertaining to Philadelphia, or to Ptolemy Philadelphus.Phĭl'a-dĕl'phi-an, n. p. 980(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Philadelphia. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a certain sect of the seventeenth century, called the Family of Love. Tatler.Phi-lăn'der, v. i. p. 980To flirt or make love; to coquet; to affect admiration. “Emissaries of a philandering Faustus.” Thackeray.Phil'an-thrōp'ic or Phil'an-thrōp'ic-al, a. p. 980Pertaining to, or exhibiting, philanthropy; benevolent; loving mankind; kind.Phil'an-thrōp'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 980In a philanthropic manner.Phīl'an-thrōp'ĭ-nism, n. p. 980A system of education on so-called natural principles, promoted in Germany in the last century.Phil'an-thrōp'l-nist, n. p. 980An advocate of, or believer in, philanthropinism. BothPhi-lan'thro-pist, n. p. 980One who evinces philanthropy.Phi-lan'thro-pist'ic, a. p. 980Pertaining to, characteristic of, or proceeding from, a philanthropist.Phi-lan'thro-py, n. p. 980The love of mankind; benevolence toward the whole human family; universal good will; readiness to do good to all men.Phil'au-ty, n. p. 980Self love; selfishness. [Obs.] “Ever-swelling philauty.” Beaumont.Phil'har-mōn'ic, a. p. 980Loving harmony or music.Phil-hel-lē'ne, a. p. 980A friend of Greece; a philhellenist. R. W. Emerson.Phil'hel-lēn'ic, a. p. 980Having a love for Greece.Phil-hēl'len-ism, n. p. 980Love of Greece.Phil-hēl'lem-ist, n. p. 980A friend of Greece; one who supports the cause and interests of the Greeks; particularly, one who supported them in their revolutionary struggle with the Turks.Phil'i-beg, n. p. 980A plaid, or garment, reaching only to the knees. [Scot.] [See Dress of Fillipeg.]Phil-ip'pic, n. p. 980An oration of Demosthenes, the Grecian orator, against Philip, king of Macedon, in which the orator sought to arouse the Athenians from their indolence. 2. Hence, any discourse or declamation…Phil'lip-pize, v. i. p. 980To side with Philip; to support or advocate Philip. 2. To write or utter invective or impassioned declamation. Burke. If the oracle at Hutton philippized, the oracle of Göttingen philippized no less.…Phi-lis'ter, n. p. 980A Philistine;—a cant name given to townsmen by the students in German universities. Heine.Phi-lis'tine, n. p. 980(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of ancient Palestine. 2. A bailiff. [Cant. Eng.] Wright. 3. A philister. See PHILISTER. ☞ “Philistine is a cant term and was first brought into use by the students at…Phi-lis'tin-ism, n. p. 980Manners or practices of the Philistines. Carlyle.Phill'-hôrse, n. p. 980A thill-horse. Shak.Phil'lips-ite, n. p. 980(Min.) (a.) A sulphuret of copper containing a small proportion of iron. (b.) A hydrous silicate of alumina, lime, and soda; — so called from J. Phillips, the English mineralogist. Dana.Phyl-lir'e-ȧ, n. p. 980(Bot.) A genus of evergreen plants growing along the shores of the Mediterranean, and bearing a fruit resembling that of the olive. Eng. Cyc.Phi-lŏġ'y-ny, n. p. 980Fondness for women; uxoriousness. [Rare.]Phĭl'o-hel-lē'ni-an, n. p. 980A friend of the Greeks; a philhellenist.Phi-lŏl'o-ġer, n. p. 980One versed in the history and construction of language; a philologist. [Obs.] “Sooner get preferment than a philologer or a poet.” Burton.Phĭl'o-lŏġ'ic or Phĭl'o-lŏġ'ic-al, a. p. 980Pertaining to philology.Phĭl'o-lŏġ'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 980In a philological manner.Phi-lŏl'o-ġist, n. p. 980One versed in philology.Phi-lŏl'o-ġize, v. i. p. 980To offer criticisms. Evelyn.Phĭl'o-lŏgue, n. p. 980A philologist. [Rare.] Carlyle.Phi-lŏl'o-ġy, n. p. 980The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and the historical development of any…Phĭl'o-măth, n. p. 980A lover of learning; a scholar.Phĭl'o-măth'e-măt'ic, n. p. 980The same as PHILOMATH.Phĭl'o-măth'ic, a. p. 980Pertaining to the love of learning. 2. Having a love of letters.Phi-lŏm'a-thy, n. p. 980The love of learning.Phĭl'o-mĕl, n. p. 980The nightingale.Phĭl'o-mē'lȧ, n. p. 980(Ornith.) A genus of birds, including the nightingale. 2. The nightingale; philomel.Phĭl'o-mēne, n. p. 980The nightingale. [Obs.] Gascoigne.Phĭl'o-mŏt, a. p. 980Of the color of a dead leaf. [Obs.] Addison.Phĭl'o-mū'sic-al, a. p. 980Loving music. Busby.Phĭl'o-pē'nȧ, n. p. 980A small present made in accordance with a custom said to have been introduced from Germany. A person who, in eating almonds, finds one containing two kernels, presents one of them to a person of the…Phĭl'o-po-lĕm'ic or Phĭl'o-po-lĕm'ic-al, a. p. 980Ruling over opposite or contending natures; — an epithet of Minerva.Phĭl'o-pro-ġĕn'i-tive-ness, n. p. 980(Phren.) The love of offspring or of young children.Phi-lŏs'o-phăs'ter, n. p. 980A pretender to philosophy.Phi-lŏs'o-phāte, v. i. p. 980To play the philosopher; to moralize. [Obs.] “Among such as philosophate.” Barrow.Phil·lōs'o-phâtion, n. p. 980Philosophical discussion. [Obs.] Sir. W. Petty.Phi-lōs'o-phēme, n. p. 980A philosophical proposition or principle. [Obs. or rare.] This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecian myths, is a philosopheme. Chancellor.Phi-lōs'o-pher, n. p. 980One versed in, or devoted to, philosophy; one who philosophizes. Philosopher's game, a game played with men of three different forms on a board resembling two chess-boards united. — Philosopher's…Phil'o-sōph'ic or Phil'o-sōph'ic-al p. 980c. [Lat. philosophicus, Fr. philosophique, Sp. & It. filosofico.] 1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, philosophy; as, philosophic pride. 2. Skilled in, or evincing, philosophy; hence…Phil'o-sôph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 980In a philosophical manner; according to the rules or principles of philosophy; hence, calmly; wisely; rationally.Phi·lôs'o-phism, n. p. 980The love of fallacious arguments or false reasoning; the practice of sophistry.Phi-lô's'o-phist, n. p. 980A lover of sophistry; one who practices sophistry. “The philosophers and the philosophists.” Southey.Phi-lôs'o-phist'ic or Phi-lôs'o-phist'ic-al, a. p. 980Pertaining to the love or practice of sophistry; using sophistical arguments or reasoning.Phi-lŏs'o-phīze, v. i. p. 980To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena and assign rational causes for their existence. Man philosophizes as he lives. He may…Phi-lŏs'o-phīz'er, n. p. 980One who philosophizes.