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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Pho·tŏp’si-ă, n.p. 982(Med.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, ignited lines, coruscations, and the like.
  2. Phō'to-sphēre, n.p. 982A sphere of light; especially, the luminous envelope of the sun.
  3. Phō'to-tŷpe, n.p. 982A type or plate resembling an engraved plate, and capable of being printed from in the same manner, produced from a photographic picture by a peculiar process; also, the process by which such a plate…
  4. Phō'to-zin-cōg'ra-phy, n.p. 982A process of preparing zinc or lithographic plates for printing, similar in principle to that of photolithography.
  5. Phrag-mī'tēs, n.p. 982(Bot.) A genus of reeds growing in wet places, including the common reed (P. communis). Baird.
  6. Phräg'ma-cōne, n.p. 982(Palæon.) The chambered cone of the belemnite. Dana.
  7. Phrāse, n.p. 982A brief expression, or part of a sentence; two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence. 2. A short, pithy expression; especially, one which is often…
  8. Phrāse, v. t.p. 982To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style. These suns, For so they phrase them, by their heralds challenged The noble spirits to arms. Shak.
  9. Phrāse'-bōok, n.p. 982A book in which difficult phrases are explained.
  10. Phrāse'less, a.p. 982Incapable of being described in any phrases or language. “Advance . . . that phraseless hand.” Shak.
  11. Phrā'se-o-grām, n.p. 982(Phonography.) A combination of short-hand letters representing a phrase or sentence. Pitman.
  12. Phrā′se-o-lŏg′ic or Phrā′se-o-lŏg′ic-al, a.p. 982Capable of being phrased; pertaining to phraseology.
  13. Phrā'se-ōl'o-ǧist, n.p. 982A collector of phrases.
  14. Phrā'se-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 982Manner of expression; peculiar words used in a sentence; diction. He remains most completely national in his mode of thinking and his phraseology. I. Taylor. 2. A collection of phrases in a language.…
  15. Phrā's'ing, n.p. 982Method of expression by phrases; phrase. 2. (Mus.) The method or act of grouping the notes so as to form distinct phrases in singing or playing.
  16. Phrā'try, n.p. 982(Gr. Antiq.) A division of the Athenian people, being a subdivision of a phyle or tribe.
  17. Phre-nêt'ic, a.p. 982Having the mind or brain disordered; raving; frantic; frenetic; mad. See FRANTIC and FRENETIC.
  18. Phre-nĕt'ic, n.p. 982One whose mind is disordered; a frantic or frenzied person. [Rare.] Phrenetics imagine they see that without which their imagination is affected with within. Harvey.
  19. Phre-nĕt'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 982In a phrenetic manner.
  20. Phrēn'ic, a.p. 982(Anat.) Belonging to the diaphragm; as, a phrenic vein.
  21. Phrēn'ics, n. sing.p. 982That branch of science which relates to the mind; metaphysics. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.] [Rare.] R. Park.
  22. Phre-nī'tis, n.p. 982(Med.) An inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium. 2. The same as PHRENSY, or FRENZY.
  23. Phre-nŏl'o·ger, n.p. 982One versed in phrenology; a phrenologist.
  24. Phre'n/o-lŏg'ic or Phre'n/o-lŏg'ic-al, a.p. 982Pertaining to phrenology.
  25. Phrēn'o-lōg'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 982By the principles of phrenology.
  26. Phre-nŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 982One versed in phrenology.
  27. Phre-nŏl'o-gy, n.p. 982The science of the special functions of the parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and their special organs in the brain. 2. In popular usage, the…
  28. Phrē'no-măg'net-ism, n.p. 982The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic influence.
  29. Phrēn'sied, a.p. 982Frenzied; affected with madness.
  30. Phrēn'sy, n.p. 982The same as FRENZY. See FRENZY.
  31. Phrĕn'sy, v. t.p. 982To render frantic; to madden. Byron.
  32. Phrĕn'tic, n. & a.p. 982Same as PHRENETIC. [Obs.]
  33. Phrŏn'tis-tĕr'y, n.p. 982A school or seminary of learning. [Rare.]
  34. Phry̆ġ'i-an, a.p. 982Of, or pertaining to, Phrygia;—applied to a sprightly, animated kind of music among the ancients, which was well suited to martial instruments. Phrygian stone, a stone described by the ancients, used…
  35. Phthi-rĭ'a-sĭs, n.p. 982(Med.) A disease consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice upon the human body, in spite of efforts to prevent it. Herod and Philip II. of Spain are said to have died from this disease.
  36. Phthĭs'ic, n.p. 982The same as PHTHISIS. See PHTHISIS.
  37. Phthi'sic-al, a.p. 982Having, or belonging to, the phthisic; breathing hard; as, a phthisical consumption.
  38. Phthīs'ic-y, a.p. 982Having, or pertaining to, the phthisic.
  39. Phthĭs'i-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 982(Med.) A treatise upon phthisis. Dunglison.
  40. Phthīs'ip-neū-mō'ni-ā, n.p. 982(Med.) Pulmonary consumption. Dunglison.
  41. Phthis'ip-neū'mo-ny, n.p. 982(Med.) Phthisipneumonia.
  42. Phthĭ'sis, n.p. 982(Med.) Consumption of the lungs; formerly applied, also, to many wasting diseases.
  43. Phthon-gōm'e-ter, n.p. 982A measure of vowel sounds. Smart.
  44. Phȳ'co-mā'ter, n.p. 982(Bot.) The gelatine in which the sporules of algaceous plants first vegetate. Brande.
  45. Phy-lăc'ter, n.p. 982The same as PHYLACTERY. See PHYLACTERY. [Obs.]
  46. Phy-lăc'tered, a.p. 982Wearing a phylactery; dressed like the Pharisees. [Obs.]
  47. Phȳl'æ-tēr'ie or Phȳl'æ-tēr'ie-al, a.p. 982Pertaining to phylacteries. Addison.
  48. Phy-lac'ter-y, n.p. 982Any charm, spell, or amulet, worn as a preservative from danger or disease. 2. (Jewish Antiq.) A slip of parchment on which were written certain passages of the Pentateuch; as Exodus xiii. 1-10, and…
  49. Phy'lăreh, n.p. 983(Gr. Antiq.) The chief, or governor, of a tribe or clan.
  50. Phy'lar-chy, n.p. 983The office of a phylarch; government of a tribe or clan.
  51. Phȳle, n.p. 983A local division of the people in ancient Athens; a tribe.
  52. Phÿl'lite, n.p. 983(Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of alumina, iron, and manganese, and occurring in thin scales or leaves. Dana.
  53. Phŷ'lode, n.p. 983The same as PHYLLODIUM.
  54. Phyl-lō'di-ŭm, n.p. 983(Bot.) A petiole dilated into the form of a blade, as in the Australian acacias.
  55. Phyl-lōph'a-gan, n.p. 983(Zoöl.) One of a tribe of marsupial animals, including the phalangers. Brande. 2. (Entom.) One of a family of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants; chafer. Brande.
  56. Phyl-lŏph'o-roŭs, a.p. 983Leaf-bearing; producing leaves.
  57. Phyl'lo-pŏd, n.p. 983(Zool.) One of a tribe of crustaceans whose feet have a flattened form, like that of a leaf.
  58. Phȳl'lo-sō'mă, n.p. 983(Zoöl.) A genus of crustaceans having the body transparent, and remarkable for being very much flattened; the glass shrimp or glass crab.
  59. Phŷl'lo-stōme, n.p. 983(Zool.) One of a family of bats which have the nasal disk expanded into a distinct leaf.
  60. Phŷl'lo-tăc'tic, a.p. 983Pertaining to phyllotaxy.