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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. Phys'ic, n.p. 983The art of healing diseases; the theory or practice of medicine. It is a goodly art, a wholesome kind of exercise, and much commended in physic. Latimer. 2. A specific internal application for the…
  2. Phys'ic, v. t.p. 983To treat with physic; to evacuate the bowels with a cathartic; to purge. 2. To treat with remedies; to cure.
  3. Phys'ic-al, a.p. 983Pertaining to nature, as including all created existences; obeying the laws of nature; also, relating to natural or material things, as opposed to things mental, moral, spiritual, or imaginary…
  4. Phys'i-cal-ist, n.p. 983One who holds that human thoughts and acts are determined by the physical organization of man.
  5. Phys'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 983In a physical manner; according to the laws of nature. I am not now treating physically of light or colors. Locke. 2. According to the art or rules of medicine. [Obs.] He that lives physically must…
  6. Phy-sĭ'cian, n.p. 983A person skilled in physic or the art of healing; one whose profession is to prescribe remedies for diseases. 2. Hence, one who heals moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul.
  7. Phy-si'cianed, a.p. 983Educated or licensed as a physician. [Obs. and rare.] “One Dr. Lucas, a physicianed apothecary.” H. Walpole.
  8. Phy̆s'i-cist, n.p. 983One versed in physics.
  9. Phys'i-co-lōg'ic, n.p. 983Logic illustrated by natural philosophy.
  10. Phys'i-co-lōg'ic-al, a.p. 983Pertaining to physico-logic. [Rare.] Swift.
  11. Phys'i-co-măth'e-măt'ics, n. sing.p. 983Mixed mathematics. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  12. Phys'i-co-phi-lōs'o-phy, n.p. 983The philosophy of nature. Dana.
  13. Phys'i-co-the-ŏl'o-gy, n.p. 983Theology or divinity illustrated or enforced by physics or natural philosophy.
  14. Physics, n. sing.p. 983The science of nature or of natural objects, comprehending the study or knowledge of the material world; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the general properties of…
  15. Phy̆s/i-ŏg'no-mer, n.p. 983The same as PHYSIOGNOMIST.
  16. Phys'i-og-nŏm'ie or Phys'i-og-nŏm'ie-al, a.p. 983Pertaining to physiognomy.
  17. Phys'i-og-nōm'ies, n. sing.p. 983The same as PHYSIOGNOMY. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]
  18. Phys'i-ōg'no-mist, n.p. 983One who is skilled in physiognomy. Dryden. 2. One who tells fortunes by scrutiny of the face.
  19. Phy̆s'i-ōg'no-mōm'ie, a.p. 983Physiognomic. [Obs.]
  20. Phy̆s'i-ŏg'no-my, n.p. 983[Gr. φυσιογνωμονία, from φύσις, nature, and γνώμων, one who knows or examines, a judge, from γνῶναι, γιγνώσκειν, to know; Fr. physiognomonie, physionomie, It. fisonomia, fisionomia, Sp. fisonomia. 1.…
  21. Phys'i-ŏg'no-type, n.p. 983An instrument or apparatus used in taking impressions or casts of the human countenance.
  22. Phȳs'i-ŏg'o-ny, n.p. 983Birth of nature. [Rare.] Coleridge.
  23. Phys'i-o-graph'ie or Phys'i-o-graph'ie-al, a.p. 983Of, or pertaining to, physiography.
  24. Phys'i-ŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 983The science which treats, first, of the system in the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, &c.; and secondly, of the system in the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface…
  25. Phÿs'i-ōl'o-ger, n.p. 983A physiologist. See PHYSIOLOGIST.
  26. Phy'si-o-lōğ'ic or Phy'si-o-lōğ'ic-al, a.p. 983Pertaining to physiology; relating to the science of the properties and functions of living beings.
  27. Phys'i-o-lōj'ĭ-cal-ly, adv.p. 983In a physiological manner.
  28. Physi-ōl'o-gist, n.p. 983One who is versed in the science of living beings, or in the properties and functions of animals and plants. 2. One who treats of physiology.
  29. Physi-ōl'o-gy, n.p. 983That department of natural science which treats of the organs and their functions, in animals and plants. Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished…
  30. Physique, n.p. 983The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
  31. Phy's'no-my, n.p. 983Physiognomy. [Obs.] Spenser.
  32. Phy̆s'o-grāde, n.p. 983(Zoöl.) One of a tribe of zoöphytes, which swim by means of air-bladders.
  33. Phȳ's'y, n.p. 983A fusee. See FUSEE. Locke.
  34. Phy-tēl'e-phas, n.p. 983(Bot.) A genus of South American plants, from the seeds of which the substance called vegetable ivory is obtained.
  35. Phy-tĭv'o-roŭs, a.p. 983Feeding on plants or herbage; as, phytivorous animals. Ray.
  36. Phy'to-chēm'ie-al, a.p. 983Relating to phytochemistry. Hunt.
  37. Phy'to-chēm'ist-ry, n.p. 983Chemistry in its relation to vegetable bodies. Hunt.
  38. Phy-tōch'i-my, n.p. 983The chemistry of plants.
  39. Phy-tōg'e-ny, n.p. 983The doctrine of the generation of plants.
  40. Phy'to-ge-ōg'ra-phy, n.p. 983The geography of plants.
  41. Phy'to-glyph'ic, a.p. 983Relating to phytoglyphy.
  42. Phy-tōg'ly-phy, n.p. 983The art of printing from nature, by taking impressions from plants, or other objects, on soft metal or other substances, and from these taking an electrotype plate, by means of which impressions are…
  43. Phy'to-grāph'ie-al, a.p. 983Pertaining to the description of plants.
  44. Phy-tōg'ra-phy, n.p. 983The science of describing plants in a systematic manner. 2. A description of plants.
  45. Phy'to-lăc'ce'a, n.p. 983(Bot.) A genus of plants from the fruit of which a red color resembling lac is obtained. Loudon.
  46. Phy'to-līte, n.p. 983A plant petrified, or fossil vegetable.
  47. Phy'to-lī-thōl'o-ğist, n.p. 983One versed in phytolithology.
  48. Phy'to-lī-thōl'o-gy, n.p. 983The branch of science which treats of fossil plants.
  49. Phy'to-lōğ'ie-al, a.p. 983Pertaining to phytology; botanical.
  50. Phy-tōl'o-gĭst, n.p. 983One skilled in phytology; a botanist.
  51. Phy-tŏl'o-gy, n.p. 983A discourse or treatise on plants, or the science of plants; description of the kinds and properties of plants; botany.
  52. Phy'ton, n.p. 983(Bot.) A single developed plant, plant-bud or plant individual in a tree;—the tree being regarded as a compound individual made up of many phytons. Gray.
  53. Phy-tōn'o-my or Phy-tōn'y-my, n.p. 983The science of the origin and growth of plants.
  54. Phy'to-pa-thŏl'o-gy, n.p. 983An account of diseases to which plants are liable.
  55. Phy-tŏph'a-gōus, a.p. 983Eating, or subsisting on, plants.
  56. Phy-tōt'o-mist, n.p. 983One versed in phytotomy.
  57. Phȳ-tōt'o-my, n.p. 984The dissection of plants.
  58. Phȳ'to-zō'on or Phȳ'tōz'o-on, n.p. 984A plant-animal;—a term sometimes applied to zoophytes; also to certain marine animalcules living in the tissues of plants. Dana.
  59. Phȳz, n.p. 984The same as PHIZ.
  60. Pī, n.p. 984(Print.) A mass of types confusedly mixed, or unsorted. [Written also pie.]